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Benjamin J. Davis Jr.
1903–1964
United States
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Benjamin Jefferson Davis Jr. (September 8, 1903 – August 22, 1964) was an American communist lawyer and politician who served on the New York City Council from 1944 until his expulsion in 1949. That year, he was among a number of communist leaders prosecuted for violating the Smith Act.
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