The Birmingham Times
J. Mason Davis, a trailblazing attorney whose legal work helped dismantle segregation in Alabama and whose leadership shaped generations of lawyers and community advocates, has died. He was 90. Davis was widely respected for both his courtroom achievements and his enduring commitment to service.
Mason Davis, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on July 30, 1935, the son of J. Mason Davis and Madeliene Harris Davis. He began his education at Tuggle School and A. H. Parker High School. He went on to attend Talladega College and the University at Buffalo School of Law before returning home to establish his own law practice in 1959. From the start, he dedicated his career to civil rights law, taking on cases that placed him at the center of the struggle for racial equality in the South…