John P. Davis

John Preston Davis (born January 19, 1905 – died September 11, 1973) was an American journalist, lawyer and activist intellectual, who became prominent for his work with the Joint Committee on National Recovery. He co-founded the National Negro Congress in 1935, which was affiliated with the Communist Party of America. He founded Our World magazine in 1946, a full-size, nationally distributed magazine edited for African-American readers. He also published the American Negro Reference Book, covering virtually every aspect of African-American life, present and past. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Davis