Reuben Davis's guest appearances

Reuben Davis

Civil Rights Oral History Project

Conversation with a chef

Michael Smith

Paul Wilson

Matt Donnelly

Michael Cole

David Vann

Michael Harrison

Daniel Wilson

James Armstrong

DAN COOPER

S. Pellegrino

Bistro Guillaume

Khanh Nguyen

Charlie Watson

Anthony Power

Alex Davies

OwlTail

Reuben Davis is a magician. Seriously. I loved sitting down to talk to Reuben about the food he’s putting up at The Press Club but eating his food was a whole other dimension. I don’t often get to eat the food. Sometimes I talk to chefs because I have eaten the food. But often I go in and talk to chefs and really want to go back and eat the food but life gets in the way. To have been able to talk to Reuben and then experience what he was talking about in the same night was incredible. It was theatre, it was magic and it was totally delicious.

Reuben Davis | The Press Club

Born in Birmingham in 1923, Reuben Davis is another labor union member whose activism as a railroad employee led to his involvement in the larger civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. Davis served time in the Navy during World War II, but returned directly to Birmingham as soon as he was discharged. After a brief stint as an auto mechanic at a car dealership, Davis was offered a job teaching auto mechanics to high school students in Bessemer. Though he had not attended college nor ever been an instructor, Davis took to the work quickly and retired from teaching after 30 years.Listen to Reuben Davis relay an incident from his union days that motivated him to seek equal rights for Blacks and Whites throughout the rest of his life.

Born in Birmingham in 1923, Reuben Davis is another labor union member whose activism as a railroad employee led to his involvement in the larger civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s. Davis served time in the Navy during World War II, but returned directly to Birmingham as soon as he was discharged. After a brief stint as an auto mechanic at a car dealership, Davis was offered a job teaching auto mechanics to high school students in Bessemer. Though he had not attended college nor ever been an instructor, Davis took to the work quickly and retired from teaching after 30 years.<br><br>Listen to Reuben Davis relay an incident from his union days that motivated him to seek equal rights for Blacks and Whites throughout the rest of his life.

An Interview with Reuben Davis