# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-j-davis-jr
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:47:41.072Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-j-davis-jr"
name: "Benjamin J. Davis Jr."
slug: "benjamin-j-davis-jr"
description: "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. In 1949 he was among a number of communist leaders prosecuted for violating the Smith Act. He was convicted and sentenced to five years in prison."
tagline: "American lawyer and politician, New York city councilman (1903–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Benjamin_J._Davis_NYWTS_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1903-09-08"
deathDate: "1964-08-22"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.13
  momentum:             3.177966101694915
  historical:           4.437044
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%86%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%87._%D8%AF%D8%A7%DA%A4%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "بينچامين جيه. داڤيس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_J._Davis_Jr."
    title: "Benjamin J. Davis Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Davis"
    title: "Benjamin Davis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AC%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%AC%DB%92_%DA%88%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%A6%D8%B1"
    title: "بینجمن جے ڈیوس جونیئر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Benjamin_J._Davis_Jr."
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2896041"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump