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Post Segregation Careers

The Mid 20th Century has seen a rise in African American advancement, and achievement in the United States Military since President Harry S. Truman's Executive Order 9981, which stood as a proclaimation to desegragate the U.S. Military effective July 26,1948. Notable African American Service members from this era who would later benefit from this Executive Order and rise to the ranks of General include,
Gen. Colin Powell,

Powell in April 1989, as the Commanding General of FORSCOM.

Gen. Roscoe Robinson, Jr,

A Westpoint Military Academy Granduate, and first African American to become a four-star General. After graduating he served in the Korean War, and in 1967 he served as a Battilon Commander in the Vietnam War.

Gen. Julius Wesley Becton, Jr.,

Gen. Becton was a Korean War and Vietnam War veteran who retired at the rank of Lieutenant General in 1983.
Gen. Becton also was the Director of FEMA under the Reagan Administration from (1985-1989).

Gen. Oliver W. Dillard,

General Dillard became the first black graduate of the National War College in 1965. He also served as the first black general officer in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence.

Gen. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr.,

Davis was commander of the 99th and the 332nd Fighter Group, which escorted bombers on air combat missions over Europe. He was the first African-American general officer in the United States Air Force.

Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers.

Gen. Rogers was a United States Army officer and a recipient of America's highest military decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in the Vietnam War. Rogers rose to the rank of Major General before leaving the Army in 1984. He later became a Baptist minister, serving U.S. troops stationed in Germany.