January 19, 1905 - September 11, 1973

DAfrican-American activist intellectuals again tried to unite the race. In 1935 John P. Davis, of the Joint Committee on National Recovery, called upon African-American organizations to unite forces and to work for the solutions of basic problems facing the Negro." The National Negro Congress was the idea of Davis and his preocuppative interest of the Negro problem was set forth in the pamphlet "Let Us Build a National Negro Congress." 

On February 14-16, 1936 in Chicago, 817 delegates representing 585 organizations and 5,000 observers responded affirmatively to Davis's pamphlet, "Let Us Build a National Negro Congress." A diverse group, whose sponsors includedRalph J. Bunche and  philosopher Alain Locke of Howard University, A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, James Ford of the Communist Party, Lester Granger and Elmer Carter of the Urban League, Charles Houston of the NAACP and poet-activist Langston Hughes signed the National Negro Congress's call.  refused\ to endorse it.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

On the 24th Year of the passing away of
John P. Davis: The Forgotten Civil-Rights Leader