Mawuli Davis

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About Mawuli Davis

Mawuli Mel Davis is an African centered civil rights attorney, human rights organizer, and author. For nearly 30 years Mawuli has been involved in building coalitions, organizing social justice protests, and conducting training to support the Black Liberation Movement. Mawuli played a key organizing role in ending “cash money bonds” in the city of Atlanta and the removal of the Confederate Monument in Decatur. Mawuli has been intentional about developing youth empowerment programs as a co-founder of Let Us Make Man, The Black Man Lab, and Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights. As an attorney, Mawuli has represented activists in the Occupy Movement, Moral Monday, and the Black Lives Matter Movement. Mawuli is a founding partner of Davis Bozeman Johnson Law, one of Georgia's largest African American owned plaintiffs law firms. He co-leads the firm's Civil Rights Division and serves as Senior Trial Partner. Mawuli has been named by Atlanta Magazine as one of the City's Most Powerful Leaders. Mawuli has been named a Super Lawyer for eight consecutive years. Mawuli was awarded the Ben Johnson Public Service Award by Georgia State University College of Law, the highest award the College of Law bestows. The DeKalb Lawyers Association annually awards the “Mawuli Davis Legal Warrior Award” to an attorney who exemplifies Mawuli’s commitment to social justice. Mawuli also teaches classes on Race, Law, and Politics in Clark Atlanta University’s Political Science Department Pre-Law Program.Mawuli holds a Bachelor of Science degree from the United States Naval Academy, a master’s degree in public administration from Bowie State University, a Juris Doctor degree from Georgia State University College of Law, and he was awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters by the Interdenominational Theological Center (ITC).Mawuli is the author of We Need You: Encouraging my Sons’ Generation for Black Liberation published by Third World Press. Mawuli is married to his childhood sweetheart, activist-educator and a City Schools of Decatur School Board Member, Dr. Jana Johnson-Davis. Their two sons, Kobie Jason, and Khari Malcolm are graduates of Howard University.