Benjamin J. Davis Jr. Quotes

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As a Negro American, I want to be free. I want equal opportunities, equal rights; I want to be accorded the same dignity as a human being and the same status as a citizen as any other American. This is my constitutional right. I want first-class, unconditional citizenship. I want it, and am entitled to it, now.

Benjamin J. Davis Jr.

In fact, the drive against the Communists is aimed, above all, against the labor movement.

Benjamin J. Davis Jr.

Whether one agrees with the Communist Party or not, one must at least know the truth about it. One must not permit his ideas to be shaped by the hysteria which now passes as a "crusade against Communism."... For example, the canard that every Communist has his pockets lined with "Moscow gold." If that were true, one could be sure that there would scarcely be any room in our party for workers. The capitalists, to whom gold is god of the universe, would crowd them out.

Benjamin J. Davis Jr.

Benjamin J. Davis Jr.

Benjamin J. Davis Jr.

Born: September 8, 1903

Died: August 22, 1964 (aged 60)

Bio: Benjamin Jefferson "Ben" Davis Jr., was an African-American lawyer and communist who was elected to the city council of New York City, representing Harlem, in 1943.

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