By Cedric Mobley For decades, Black Americans fought in the U.S. military to bring liberty to people around the world, even though those rights were often denied to them at home. Nevertheless, these heroes have sacrificed their safety and devoted their lives to protecting the promise of America— that the country will one day truly facilitate “liberty and justice for all.” Among these extraordinary patriots is Major General Frederic Ellis Davison, Howard University Classes of 1938 and 1940, who was the first Black person to achieve the Army’s highest permanent peacetime rank and the first Black person to command an Army division.
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