AFRO Spotlight on Black Excellence: Morgan State University’s ROTC Bear Battalion

Since its inception in 1948, the Morgan State University (MSU) Bear Battalion, has graduated nearly 1,800 graduates. In 1979, George M. Brooks became the first general officer in the U.S. Army to graduate from the historically Black institution’s program. Today, the Bear Battalion is one of the top producers of Black generals in the U.S. Army— second only to West Point and another historically Black college or university (HBCU), South Carolina State University