Rear Admiral <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_E._Fishburne" id="mwATM" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lillian E. Fishburne">Lillian E. Fishburne</a> becomes the first female African American to be promoted to rear admiral.<sup about="#mwt157" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"}}' id="cite_ref-29" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_1#cite_note-29" id="mwATQ" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 29;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwATU">[29]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-29"><cite about="#mwt154" class="citation web cs1" id="CITEREFPatrick2017">Patrick, Bethanne Kelly (October 31, 2017). <a class="external text" href="https://www.military.com/navy/rear-adm-lillian-fishburne.html" id="mwCBw" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Rear Adm. Lillian Fishburne"</a>. <i id="mwCB0">Military.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwCB4">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwCB8">December 29,</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span about="#mwt154" class="Z3988" id="mwCCA" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=Military.com&amp;rft.atitle=Rear+Adm.+Lillian+Fishburne&amp;rft.date=2017-10-31&amp;rft.aulast=Patrick&amp;rft.aufirst=Bethanne+Kelly&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.military.com%2Fnavy%2Frear-adm-lillian-fishburne.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+1"></span></span>