Freedom Enterprise, xii (Davis Motors)

Identifier: DBB-ITM-02608
Source: Kendra D. Boyd, Freedom Enterprise: Black Entrepreneurship and Racial Capitalism in Detroit (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2025). Pages: xii.
Source Type: Boyd Research Findings
Activity: automobile sales
Principal: Davis Motor Sales and Service (Davis Motors)
Mentions: Davis, Edward
Location: 421 E Vernor Hwy (formerly High St)
Transcript: Davis Motors. Established by Ed Davis in 1939. 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.
Title: Freedom Enterprise, xii (Davis Motors)

Detroit Black Business