No. XVI - Brigadier General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (U.S. Army) and General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. (U.S. Air Force)
I rejected the notion of adding the Generals Davis to "The Explorers Club" during February because that might have been seen as an endorsement of Black History Month. Black History Month is inherently racist, and while it is well-intentioned racism it is racism nonetheless and I do not believe we can improve race relations, generally throughout the world and specifically in this great nation of ours, through racism, ill- or well-intentioned.
That said, the Davises clearly contributed more to the civil rights movement by virtue of their race than had they been a father-son pair of white generals with identical service records. It's a sticky wicket to be sure.
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