Jimmy B. Fenison is a 2009 graduate in history from the University of Washington. He was born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1978. He served four years active duty in the U.S. Army and would like to express thanks for an influential African American in his life: “I would like to thank my Command Sergeant Major, Leon Hite III, in the Aviation Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, for his honor and integrity towards all 2500 (approx.) soldiers of mixed race and ethnicity under his leadership including me, his driver for three years.”
Roscoe Robinson, Jr. (1928-1993)
Roscoe Robinson Jr., the first African American four-star general in the U.S. Army, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1928. He received a bachelor’s in military engineering from The United States Military Academy (West Point) in 1951 and later attended the U.S. Army Command … Read MoreRoscoe Robinson, Jr. (1928-1993)