Invisible generals : rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals /
Melville, Doug
Invisible generals : rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals / Doug Melville. - First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria Books hardcover edition. - xxiii, 225 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index.
Three centuries, five generations -- Timeline -- Preface: a man on a mission -- Introduction: what's in a name? ; Part I: the invisible generals. 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: inspire to greatness ; Part II: becoming a visible general. Strategies to seize your destiny.
"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. Invisible Generals recounts the lives of a father and his son who always maintained their belief in the American dream. As the inheritor of their legacy, Melville retraces their steps, advocates for them to receive their long-overdue honors and unlocks the potential we all hold to retrieve powerful family stories lost to the past" -- A descendant of America's first two Black generals, who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen, tells his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe.
1668005131 9781668005132
2023940772
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002
Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970
Melville, Doug--Family.
United States. Air Force --Biography.
United States. Army --Biography
African American generals--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography
Biographies
U53 .D38 / M45 2023
355.0092/273 B
Invisible generals : rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals / Doug Melville. - First Black Privilege Publishing/Atria Books hardcover edition. - xxiii, 225 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-214) and index.
Three centuries, five generations -- Timeline -- Preface: a man on a mission -- Introduction: what's in a name? ; Part I: the invisible generals. 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: inspire to greatness ; Part II: becoming a visible general. Strategies to seize your destiny.
"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. Invisible Generals recounts the lives of a father and his son who always maintained their belief in the American dream. As the inheritor of their legacy, Melville retraces their steps, advocates for them to receive their long-overdue honors and unlocks the potential we all hold to retrieve powerful family stories lost to the past" -- A descendant of America's first two Black generals, who helped integrate the American military and created the Tuskegee Airmen, tells his family's story across five generations, from post-Civil War America to modern day Asia and Europe.
1668005131 9781668005132
2023940772
Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., 1912-2002
Davis, Benjamin O., 1880-1970
Melville, Doug--Family.
United States. Air Force --Biography.
United States. Army --Biography
African American generals--United States--Biography.
Generals--United States--Biography
Biographies
U53 .D38 / M45 2023
355.0092/273 B