By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Brian Lanker/MSNBC Sherian Grace Cadoria (pictured) was born in Marksville, Louisiana on January 26, 1940. Cadoria is a retiree and former officer who served in the United States Army. When she was promoted to brigadier general in 1985, she made history by being the first African-American woman to hold a […]

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