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Nov 10, 2024
Frederic Davison (’38, ’40): The First Black Man to Command White Soldiers in Combat
Among America's extraordinary patriots is Major General Frederic Ellis Davison ('38,'40), 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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