Occupation – Military officer
Alfred-Amédée Dodds (1842-1922)
Alfred-Amédée Dodds, one of the ablest French army generals in the late 19th century, was mixed-race. Dodds was born February...
Stayce D. Harris (1959- )
Stayce D. Harris is the first African American woman to hold a three-star General rank, first Air Force Reservist to...
Billy King Solomon (1944- )
Billy King Solomon is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. Born November 16, 1944 in Oakwood, Freestone County, Texas, he attended Prairie View...
Wayne L. Black (1962?- )
Wayne L. Black is a Brigadier General and Assistant Adjutant General of the Indiana Army National Guard. As Assistant Adjutant General, Black is...
Edward Honor Sr. (1933-2008)
Edward Honor, Sr. was a former Lieutenant General of the U.S. Army, former president of the National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA),...
Alonzo Earl Short, Jr. (?- )
Lieutenant General Alonzo Earl Short, Jr. was at one point one of the highest-ranking African American officers on active duty...
Barry C. Black (1948- )
Barry C. Black is a retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral. On June 27, 2003, he became the first African American Chaplain of the United...
David L. Brewer, III (1946- )
Vice Admiral David L. Brewer III is 35-year veteran of the United States Navy and former superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified...
Albert J. Edmonds (1942- )
Born January 17, 1942 in Columbus, Georgia, Albert J. Edmonds was a career officer in the United States Air Force who eventually...
