before benjamin o. davis got there, west point had not graduated a single african-american cadet in the whole 20th century. benjamin o. davis jr. for those four years he was frozen out, tormented for the whole time he was there, but he persevered, graduated in the top 15% of his class. this class that hated him for being black. and he went on to a very distinguished military career. he was an original tuskegee airmen, commanded the red tails, one of the army pioneers who helped create the united states air force. he became the first-ever african-american air force general. and now west point will house 650 cadets in a six-story building they are naming for him on campus. the head of west point's history department saying today benjamin o. davis' career, quote, was not west point at its finest hour, but this is a chance for west point to recognize one of its finest. >>> first lady michelle obama gave the commencement speech in alabama this weekend. she talked about what it meant to be the site for the airfield