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03399aam a2200457 i 4500 001 A2BE9914F6FF11EEA36D347926ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240410010029 007 tb 008 240219t20242023meuo d 000 0ceng d 010 $a 2023951928 020 $a 9798891640894 035 $a (OCoLC)1422312077 040 $a CPLPT $b eng $e rda $c CPLPT $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a U53.D38 $b M45 2024d 082 04 $a 355.0092/273 $2 23/eng/2019 100 1 $a Melville, Doug $e author. 245 10 $a Invisible generals : $b rediscovering family legacy, and a quest to honor America's first Black generals / $c Doug Melville. 250 $a Center Point Large Print edition. 264 1 $a Thorndike, Maine : $b Center Point Large Print, $c 2024. 300 $a 311 pages (large print) : $b photographs ; $c 23 cm 340 $n large print $2 rdafs 500 $a Regular print version previously published by Atria Books. 500 $a Includes timeline of family and US history, and reflection questions. 505 0 $a Three centuries, five generations -- Timeline -- Preface: A man on a mission -- Introduction: What's in a name? -- 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: Inspired to greatness -- Strategies to seize your destiny. 520 $a "Red Tails, George Lucas's celebration of America's first Black flying squadron, the Tuskegee Airmen, should have been a moment of victory for Doug Melville. He expected to see his great-uncle Benjamin O. Davis Jr. -- the squadron's commander -- immortalized on-screen for his selfless contributions to America. But as the film rolled, Doug was shocked when he realized that Ben Jr.'s name had been omitted and replaced by the fictional Colonel A. J. Bullard. And Ben's father, Benjamin O. Davis Sr., America's first Black general who helped integrate the military, was left out too. Dejected, Doug looked inward and realized that unless he worked to bring their inspirational story to light, it would remain hidden from the world just as it had been concealed from him. 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." $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a HISTORY / African American & Black 600 10 $a BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / African American & Black 610 10 $a HISTORY / Military / United States 610 10 $a United States. Army 650 0 $a United States. Air Force 650 0 $a African American generals $z United States $v Biography 650 0 $a Generals $x Biography $x Biography 655 7 $a Large type books $2 lcgft 655 7 $a Biographies $2 lcgft 941 $a 2 945 $a lpt 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20240426010110.0 952 $l EZPE755 $d 20240410010153.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=A2BE9914F6FF11EEA36D347926ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search