The city of Suffolk has appointed Captain Janet Days as its new director of economic development. Days was the first African American to lead Naval Station Norfolk.

Listen to this article Retired Navy Capt. Janet H. Days, who retired last year as commanding officer of Naval Station Norfolk, the world’s largest naval station, will be taking on a new tour of duty ...

Barno was the first African Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion of the Kenya Rifles and led the first parade as the country became a Republic on December 12, 1964, having attained independence ...