John P. Davis
Lawyer, Author
1905 – 1973
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Who was John P. Davis?
John Preston Davis was an American lawyer and activist intellectual became prominent for his work with the Joint Committee on National Recovery and the founding of the National Negro Congress in 1935. He went on to found Our World magazine in 1946, a full-size, nationally-distributed magazine edited for African-American readers. He also published the American Negro Reference Book covering virtually every aspect of African-American life, present and past.
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- Born
- Jan 19, 1905
Washington, D.C. - Also known as
- John Davis
- Spouses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Mulatto
- Multiracial
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- University of Oxford
- Harvard Law School
- Bates College
- Died
- Sep 11, 1973
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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