Benjamin O Davis Jr.: Actions and Legacy by Ryan Burton

Benjamin O. Davis Jr.: Actions and Legacy by Ryan Burton, finalist for Junior Individual Documentary at the National History Day competition in College Park, Maryland. His documentary traces the military career of Benjamin O Davis, Jr. focusing on the creation of the "Tuskegee Airmen". He addresses how Davis was a catalyst for equal rights in the military, which eventually lead to desegregation of the armed forces and the broader civil rights movement.

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Education

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• National
• History
• Day
• Tuskegee
• airmen
• civil
• rights

[vawnalex]

@2911elaine Please check out the group page "Red Tails Movie 2012 Should Win Oscars" on fb. WE FIGHT

[2911elaine]

Thank you! The movie "Red Tails" should have went in to more detail.

[suburbanblackchick]

General Davis is one of my few heroes. This was a lovely tribute,

[ecopower78]

Well done good a faithful servants..you who have been faithful over a few things are now MASTERS over many.

[vivascargill]

well done --there is another Ben Davis who needs equal recognition!

[qstick4245]

Well done young man!

[earlgene]

well done ryan, from a british tuskegee airmen historian..