. "1902-10-14Z"^^ . "1983Z"^^ . . "American anthropologist" . "Davis, Allison"@en . . "William Boyd Allison Davis"@en . . "1902Z"^^ . . "1983-11-21Z"^^ . "Allison Davis"@en . . . . . "William Boyd Allison Davis (October 14, 1902 \u2013 November 21, 1983) was an American educator, anthropologist, writer, researcher, and scholar. He was considered one of the most promising black scholars of his generation, and became the first African-American to hold a full faculty position at a major white university when he joined the staff of the University of Chicago in 1942, where he would spend the balance of his academic life."@en . . . .