Dark Horse: General Larry O. Spencer and His Journey from the Horseshoe to the Pentagon

Gen. Larry Spencer, USAF (Ret.) was born and raised on the Horseshoe-a tough inner-city street in southeast Washington D.C. The Horseshoe was a hard neighborhood where fights were common, and the school systems were second-rate. The expectations of living in an all-Black neighborhood were to be good at sports while shunning academic prowess. That environment resulted in poor self-esteem and a bleak outlook for the future.



Quite by chance, Spencer enlisted in the U.S. Air Force where he conti...