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Invisible generals [large type] : rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals / Doug Melville.

by Melville, Doug, author.

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Thorndike, Maine : Center Point Large Print, 2024.

Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970.

Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002.

Melville, Doug -- Family.

United States. Army -- Biography.

United States. Air Force -- Biography.

African American generals -- United States -- Biography.

Generals -- United States -- Biography.

9798891640894 (large print ; hardcover) :

311 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm

Center Point Large Print edition.

Three centuries, five generations -- Timeline -- Preface: A man on a mission -- Introduction: What's in a name? -- 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: Inspired to greatness -- Strategies to seize your destiny.

"Red Tails, George Lucas's celebration of America's first Black flying squadron, the Tuskegee Airmen, should have been a moment of victory for Doug Melville. He expected to see his great-uncle Benjamin O. Davis Jr. -- the squadron's commander -- immortalized on-screen for his selfless contributions to America. But as the film rolled, Doug was shocked when he realized that Ben Jr.'s name had been omitted and replaced by the fictional Colonel A. J. Bullard. And Ben's father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., America's first Black general who helped integrate the military, was left out too. Dejected, Doug looked inward and realized that unless he worked to bring their inspirational story to light, it would remain hidden from the world just as it had been concealed from him. 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."-- Provided by publisher.

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