TY  - BOOK
AU  - Melville,Doug
TI  - Invisible generals: rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals 
SN  - 1668005131
AV  - U53 .D38 M45 2023
U1  - 355.0092/273B 23/eng/20231031
PY  - 2023///
CY  - New York
PB  - Black Privilege Publishing/Atria
KW  - Davis, Benjamin O.,
KW  - Melville, Doug
KW  - United States
KW  - Air Force
KW  - Biography
KW  - Army
KW  - African American generals
KW  - Generals
KW  - Biographies
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index; Three centuries, five generations -- Timeline -- Preface: a man on a mission -- Introduction: what's in a name? ; Part I: the invisible generals. Generational collateral -- Extraordinary just to be ordinary -- West Point's invisible alum -- Living life in a liminal space -- The pursuit of double victory -- Founding fathers -- Look forward, not down -- The million-dollar star -- Life after death -- Monumental -- The brand equity of fairness -- American -- Epilogue: inspire to greatness ; Part II: becoming a visible general. Strategies to seize your destiny
N2  - "In Invisible Generals, Melville shares his quest to rediscover his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe. In life, the Davises were denied the recognition and compensation they'd earned, but through his journey, Melville uncovers something greater: that dedication and self-sacrifice can move proverbial mountains--even in a world determined to make you invisible. Invisible Generals recounts the lives of a father and his son who always maintained their belief in the American dream. As the inheritor of their legacy, Melville retraces their steps, advocates for them to receive their long-overdue honors and unlocks the potential we all hold to retrieve powerful family stories lost to the past" --; A descendant of America's first two Black generals, who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen, tells his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe
ER  -