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- catalog abstract "Includes a variety of material, including Amherest College and Harvard Law School transcripts, newspaper clippings and correspondence from and about Davis.".
- catalog accessRights "Permission to publish is required.".
- catalog contributor b2996778.
- catalog contributor b2996779.
- catalog contributor b2996780.
- catalog date "1925".
- catalog description "A prominent black attorney, Davis graduated from Amherst College in 1925, graduated from Harvard Law School in 1929, and returned to Georgia to practice law. He gained notoriety for his defense of Angelo Herndon in 1933 who had been accused of insurrection. Davis became actively involved with the Communist Party and moved to New York City in 1935 to edit the Daily Worker. In 1948, he was arrested under the Smith Act and received a five-year sentence. He was arrested again in 1962 for his participation in the Communist Party but died before his case reached trial.".
- catalog description "Includes a variety of material, including Amherest College and Harvard Law School transcripts, newspaper clippings and correspondence from and about Davis.".
- catalog extent "1 folder (25 items)".
- catalog issued "1925".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog rights "Permission to publish is required.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "African American communists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "African American lawyers.".
- catalog subject "African Americans Education (Higher).".
- catalog subject "African Americans Politics and government.".
- catalog subject "Communists United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Davis, Benjamin J. (Benjamin Jefferson), 1903-1964.".
- catalog title "Papers regarding Benjamin Jefferson Davis, 1925-1964.".
- catalog type "collection".