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Benjamin J. Davis photograph collection

Title: Benjamin J. Davis photograph collection [graphic].
Author: Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964.
Publication: [194-?-195-]

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person.	Still image	Use in library	Sc Photo Benjamin J. Davis Collection	Schomburg Center - Photographs & Prints

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Found In

p1bc Davis, Benjamin J. Benjamin J. Davis papers, 1949-1964 (CstRLIN)NYPW91-A145

Description

20 items (.1 lin. ft., 1 folder); 26 x 21 cm. and smaller.
6 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
13 photographic prints : silver gelatin, b&w ;
1 photomechanical print : b&w ;

Summary

The Benjamin J. Davis Photograph Collection depicts some aspects of his term on the New York City Council, his sedition trial, and his imprisonment.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Portrait photographs – 1940-1959.
Group portraits – 1940-1959.
Snapshots – 1940-1959.
Silver gelatin prints – 1940-1959.
Photomechanical prints – 1940-1949.

Note

Title devised by cataloger.
Many items have handwritten descriptive information on verso; some items have captions on recto; one item has newspaper's handstamp on recto that credits a staff photographer, "Daily Worker photo by Pete."
Some items have cropping marks; one item has been cropped.

Biography (note)

Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., born in 1903 in Dawson, Georgia, was a civil rights lawyer, a New York City councilman, an author and editor, and a leader of the Communist Party of the United States of America.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Benjamin J. Davis Papers, 1949-1964.

Call Number

Sc Photo Benjamin J. Davis Collection

OCLC

NYPG97-F24

Author

Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964.

Title

Benjamin J. Davis photograph collection [graphic].

Imprint

[194-?-195-]

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Benjamin J. Davis Papers, 1949-1964.

Biography

Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., born in 1903 in Dawson, Georgia, was a civil rights lawyer, a New York City councilman, an author and editor, and a leader of the Communist Party of the United States of America. Davis joined the Communist Party in 1933 during his time as a civil rights attorney, and later became editor and publisher of party publications the "Daily Worker" and "The Worker," as well as the author of several publications.

In 1943, Davis was elected as a Communist Party candidate to the New York City Council. He was re-elected in 1945, but defeated in 1949. As councilman, he led campaigns against police brutality and segregation in education, housing and sports. In 1949, Davis was one of eleven Communist leaders accused and convicted of conspiring to overthrow the United States government. Though imprisoned in 1951, Davis fought against segregation in federal prisons; he served additional time for refusing to name members of the Communist Party's Commission on Negro Work. At the time of his death in 1964, Davis was under indictment for refusing to register as a Soviet agent.

Local Note

Sc MG 304.

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Added Author

Blacker, Peter T. Photographer

Daily Worker (New York, N.Y.)

Found In:

p1bc Davis, Benjamin J. Benjamin J. Davis papers, 1949-1964 (CstRLIN)NYPW91-A145

Research Call Number

Sc Photo Benjamin J. Davis Collection

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