Davis, Edward
- Identifier
- DBB-PER-01444
- Given Name
- Edward
- Family Name
- Davis
- Gender
- Male
- Birth Year
- 1911
- Description
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Ed Davis was born in 1911 in Shreveport, Louisiana, and migrated to Detroit in the 1920s. Davis operated his business at 421 East Vernor Highway for over twenty years and built Davis Motor Sales into a thriving Studebaker dealership until his neighborhood was plagued by
urban renewal. - Migration Origin
- Shreveport, Louisiana
- Related Person
- Weathers, James
- Affiliation
-
This person was affiliated with the following organization(s):
Davis Motor Sales and Service (Davis Motors)
Role: Owner and/or Operator - Book Pages
-
This person, their family, or their business appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): xii, 135, 155, 164, 167, 181, 186, 207, 208, 209, 234, 236, 237, 243, 246, 247.
- Documentation
- Freedom Enterprise, xii (Davis Motors)
- 1939-06-24 Michigan Chronicle, 2 (Davis Motor Sales)
- 1941-01-04 Michigan Chronicle, 3 (Davis Motor Sales and Service)
- 1941-06-28 Michigan Chronicle, 3 (Davis Motor Sales and Service)
- Title
- Davis, Edward
- Resource class
- Person