Examines the life and military career of Air Force General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr., discussing his childhood, the challenges he had to overcome as an African-American cadet at West Point, and his role as a Tuskeegee airman leader. Includes photographs and a time line.
Content Note
Flying high above the wind -- A child of the military -- Silence is deafening -- The Tuskegee experiment : pilot training -- Pioneers in the sky : the Tuskegee airmen in WWII -- Conflict on the ground and in the sky -- Command and segregation -- Integration : dealing with the changing military -- International posts -- Transition from military to civilian life.