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Davis Jr Collection

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Pilot Receiving Pointers Before Takeoff

Pilot Receiving Pointers Before Takeoff
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles Dryden (in cockpit) before he takes off in a P-40 Warhawk at an army air base

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Colonel Benjamin Davis Sitting at Desk

Colonel Benjamin Davis Sitting at Desk
(Original Caption) Colonel Benjamin O. Davis, Jr

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis In Uniform W/Senator

Benjamin Davis In Uniform W/Senator
(Original Caption) 4/12/1936-West Point, NY: Lieutenant Benjamin O. Davis, Jr

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. in Cockpit

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. in Cockpit
Captain Benjamin O. Davis in the cockpit of a training aircraft in 1942. The following year he organized the 332nd Fighter Group, the "Tuskegee Airmen"

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Pilot on Wing of Fighter Plane

Pilot on Wing of Fighter Plane
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Davis talks to Lieutenant Charles W. Dryden before he takes off

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Top Members of the Communist Party Leaving Federal Court

Top Members of the Communist Party Leaving Federal Court
(Original Caption

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Six Arrested Communist's Mugshots

Six Arrested Communist's Mugshots
(Original Caption) 7/20/1943-New York, NY- In the greatest crackdown in history on the Communist Party in this country

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Communists in Conspiracy Trial

Communists in Conspiracy Trial
(Original Caption) 7/21/1943-New York, NY- Six of seven top-flight U.S. Communists arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the U.S

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin O. Davis Seated W/Standing Son

Benjamin O. Davis Seated W/Standing Son
(Original Caption) 9/1943-Washington, D.C.: Brigadier General Benjamin O

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Ben J. Davis Speaks To Crowd In Mnad Squ

Ben J. Davis Speaks To Crowd In Mnad Squ
(Original Caption) 6/26/1945-New York, NY: Thousands of New Yorkers filled Madison Square Garden on June 25 to participate in the annual Negro Freedom Rally

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: City Councilman Benjamin Davis at Podium

City Councilman Benjamin Davis at Podium
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Community Party Holds Meeting. Nicholas Avenue. Benjamin Davis, City Councilman, addresses meeting

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis Jr. Pointing to Camera

Benjamin Davis Jr. Pointing to Camera
(Original Caption) 1948-New York, NY- NY City Councilman Benjamin Davis Jr

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Six Members Of American Communist Party

Six Members Of American Communist Party
(Original Caption) 7/21/48-New York: Six top-ranking members of the American Communist party indicted on charges of plotting to overthrow the government by force and violence leave federal court

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Communist Leaders Pose For Portrait

Communist Leaders Pose For Portrait
(Original Caption) Communist leaders in a courthouse being accused of teaching "Marxist-Leninist principles." Left to right

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Military Officers Overlook Colonel's Work

Military Officers Overlook Colonel's Work
(Original Caption) A job well done brings a smile from Colonel Davis, while Colonel Harry B. Young, deputy commander (left) and Major Lawrence E. Berner, wing adjutant (right) look on approvingly

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Eleven Defendants at Their Communist Spy Trial

Eleven Defendants at Their Communist Spy Trial
(Original Caption) Showing no signs of the "terror campaign" their attorneys charge the government with conducting at their trial, 11 top Communist Party leaders are at Federal Court

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Robert Thompson And Benj. Davis In Crowd

Robert Thompson And Benj. Davis In Crowd
(Original Caption) 6/6/1949-New York, NY: Robert G. Thompson (l), Chairman of the New York State Communist Party, and Benjamin J. Davis, Jr

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis And Paul Robeson Talking

Benjamin Davis And Paul Robeson Talking
(Original Caption) 8/28/1949-New York, NY: Negro baritone Paul Robeson (l) chats with Benjamin O. Davis, New York City Councilman, at a press conference, Aug

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis, Jr. Walks Up Court Steps

Benjamin Davis, Jr. Walks Up Court Steps
(Original Caption) 10/14/1949-New York, NY- New York City Councilman Benjamin J. Davis, Jr. one of the eleven members of the U.S

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Convicted Communists in Police Van

Convicted Communists in Police Van
Five of the twelve Communists convicted of advocating the overthrow of the government, being returned to their jail cells. Pictured (L-R) are: Benjamin Davis, Jr

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis Jr. and Eugene Davis After Sentencing

Benjamin Davis Jr. and Eugene Davis After Sentencing
(Original Caption) Two of sentenced Reds, Councilman Benjamin Davis, Jr. (center) and Eugene Dennis (right), called party's No. 1 man, are led to van by marshal

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Portrait of Board of Communist Members

Portrait of Board of Communist Members
(Original Caption) Only William Z. Foster, the National Chairman of the Communist Party is absent from this group of the National Board of the Communist Party of the U. S

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Convicted American Communist Leaders Leaving Courthouse

Convicted American Communist Leaders Leaving Courthouse
(Original Caption) Coming down the steps of Federal Court Nov. 3, after they were released on $260, 000 bail, are the convicted leaders of the U.S. Communist Party

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis Standing Wiping Brow

Benjamin Davis Standing Wiping Brow
(Original Caption) 11/8/1949-New York, NY: Benjamin Davis, Negro Communist who was running to retain his seat on the N.Y

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: City Councilman Benjamin Davis at Court House

City Councilman Benjamin Davis at Court House
(Original Caption) New York: Communists Sentenced. Federal Court. Ben Davis was sentenced this morning in Federal Court, and is pictured as he left the Federal Building for the Federal Detention Jail

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Portrait of Benjamin Davis Jr

Portrait of Benjamin Davis Jr
(Original Caption) Col. Benjamin Oliver Davis Jr. son of the only Negro ever to attain the rank of general in the army, was appointed yesterday as the first Negro general in the Air Force

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis Jr. Receiving a Promotion

Benjamin Davis Jr. Receiving a Promotion
(Original Caption) General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Portrait of Benjamin O. Davis

Portrait of Benjamin O. Davis
Benjamin O. Davis, Chief of Staff of U.S. Forces in Korea in 1965, is shown in a portrait. Davis is the highest-ranking Black officer in the U.S

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Portrait of Major General Benjamin O. Davis

Portrait of Major General Benjamin O. Davis
(Original Caption) Major General Benjamin O. Davis, highest ranking Negro in the U.S

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Subic Bay Commander Welcoming Air Force Officers in Philippines

Subic Bay Commander Welcoming Air Force Officers in Philippines
(Original Caption) U.S. Air Force officers Major Norris M. Overly, of Wheeling, West Virginia and Captain Jon D

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin Davis Chatting with Colleagues

Benjamin Davis Chatting with Colleagues
(Original Caption) Cleveland, Ohio: Former Air Force lieutenant general Benjamin O. Davis (C) met with well wishers after being sworn in as Cleveland's new safety director at a civic luncheon

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Benjamin O. Davis at Press Conference

Benjamin O. Davis at Press Conference
(Original Caption) Fort Dix, N.J.: Lt. Gen. Benjamin O

Background imageDavis Jr Collection: Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr. Posing

Lieutenant General Benjamin O Davis Jr. Posing
(Original Caption) Washington: Lt. Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr


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