Daryl Davis
American R&B and blues musician, activist, author, actor and bandleader

Daryl Davis

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American R&B and blues musician, activist, author, actor and bandleader
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Daryl Davis (born March 26, 1958) is an American R&B and blues musician, activist, author, actor and bandleader. He is most well known for his work concerning the Ku Klux Klan. His efforts to fight racism, in which as an African-American he engaged with members of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), convinced Klansmen to leave and denounce the KKK. Known for his energetic style of boogie-woogie piano, Davis has played with such musicians as Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, B. B. King, and Bruce Hornsby.

He is the subject of the 2016 documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America.