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While in Atlanta, Davis helped to found one of the city's first chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
July 12 has seen 111 notable figures pass away throughout recorded history — from 524 – 2024. Below are the most significant names who died on this date.
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American educator, college administrator, and civil rights leader (born 1888)
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While in Atlanta, Davis helped to found one of the city's first chapters of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
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He was the fifth and longest-serving president of West Virginia State University in Institute, West Virginia, a position he held from 1919 to 1953
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Born in Milledgeville, Georgia, Davis relocated to Atlanta in 1903 to attend high school at Atlanta Baptist College
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He worked his way through high school and college at Morehouse and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911
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He completed graduate studies in chemistry and physics at the University of Chicago from 1911 to 1913 and served on the faculty of Morehouse as the registrar and as a professor in chemistry and physics
John Warren Davis — American college president and civil rights activist
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