Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton, a great-grandson of slaves, grew up on a South Carolina farm in the twilight of the Jim Crow era, when African Americans had to use separate bathrooms, enter doctors' or ...

It’s disconcerting to see a general cry — especially one with four stars on his shoulders. But Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton — one of just seven African-Americans to wear four stars in U.S. military history — ...