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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (September 8, 1903 – August 22, 1964), was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected in 1943 to the New York City Council, representing Harlem. He faced increasing opposition from outside Harlem after the end of World War II.
Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. (December 18, 1912 – July 4, 2002) was a United States Air Force (USAF) general and commander of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen. He was the first African-American brigadier general in the USAF. On December 9, 1998, he was advanced to four-star general by President Bill Clinton.
20. März 2024 · Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr., September 8, 1903 – August 22, 1964, was a Harlem lawyer and communist who was elected in 1943 to the NYC Council, representing Harlem. He faced increasing opposition from outside Harlem after the end of World War II. In 1949 he was among a number of communist leaders prosecuted for violating the Smith Act.
25. Feb. 2024 · In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. His son, Benjamin O. Davis Jr., followed in his footsteps by...
28. Juni 2021 · All News. June 28, 2021. Benjamin Davis Jr. Meet Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. Interest in meaningful and necessary electoral reform is growing rapidly throughout the US. Growing right along with it is popular awareness about the mid-20th century experience with proportional representation (PR) in many US cities.
Biographical/historical information. Born in Dawson, Ga. in 1903, Benjamin Jefferson Davis, Jr. was a civil rights lawyer, a former New York City councilman, an author and editor, a Marxist theoretician and a leader of the Communist Party U.S.A.
Davis, Benjamin Jefferson, Jr. September 8, 1903 to August 22, 1964. Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., was chairman of the New York State district of the Communist Party and an acquaintance of Martin Luther King, Jr. King and Davis were both from prominent Atlanta families, and despite their ideological differences, their relationship was characterized ...
