Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. was an African-American lawyer and Communist who was elected to the New York City Council in 1943, representing Harlem. He faced increasing opposition from outside Harlem after the end of World War II.
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- Harvard Law SchoolAmherst College
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1903
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