Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. U.S. Postage Stamps | Face Value 32 Cents | 1997 | Scott 3121

Face Value 32 Cents | 1997 | Scott 3121

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., was a US Army General who became the first black brigadier general in 1940. He retired in 1948, and six days after the public retirement ceremony, President Harry Truman signed an executive order which prohibited racial discrimination in the armed forces. Davis’s son, Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., was a commander of the WWII Tuskegee Airmen and the first black brigadier general in the Air Force. He died in 2002. Show your mail recipients your interest in black history with these stamps.

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