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Four-Star General
Ronald Reagan, whose popularity among American blacks is virtually nonexistent, recently nominated Lt. Gen. Roscoe Robinson Jr. of St. Louis to become the U.S. Army's first black four-star general.

Robinson, 53, a West Point graduate, was commanding general of U.S. Army troops in Japan until his promotion and assignment to Europe as U.S. representative to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's military committee.

A former commander of paratroops, Robinson is the second black to achieve four-star rank. The first was Daniel "Chappie" James of the Air Force, who died shortly after his retirement in 1978. James trained fighter pilots in World War II, headed the North American Air Defense Command and waged a relentless battle against racial segregation in the military throughout his career.
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Gen. Roscoe Robinson Jr. and family at his promotion ceremony in Pentagon

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'RACISM A CRUTCH' — Lt. Gen. Daniel "Chappie" James Jr., who will become the country's first black four star general Aug. 28, says too many young blacks are using racism as an excuse for their failure to achieve. "That's a crutch," says James, who will assume command of the North American Air Defense Command next week. "But that's not to say we don't have some practicing bigots."

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FOUR STAR GENERAL—Gen. Air Force Lt. Gen. Daniel (Chappie) James Jr. will receive his four-star commission on Aug. 29, thus becoming highest ranking Black in U.S. military service. Gen. James, who will become commander of the North American Air Defense Command on receiving his fourth star, spoke in Detroit recently at national convention of Tuskegee Airmen of World War II fame.

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