Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Sr. was the first Black general in the U.S. Army, promoted in 1940.
This will not stand, Hegsethsaidat the time.
This pattern of racial cleansing from the Department of Defenses historical record is not just disturbing it is dangerous.
President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on Feb. 26, 2025.JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images
Now, even their stories are being scrubbed from public view.
This should make every American sick to their stomach.
They should follow the example of Gen. Charles Q.
History will judge those who resisted and were removed more kindly than those who remained complicit.
