Marianna W. Davis

Marianna White Davis (January 8, 1929 - September 11, 2021) was a professor and author in the United States.

She was a professor of English at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina. She was an organizer of the Black Caucus of the National Council of Teachers of English. She organized and produced the Black History Teleconference.

She married Clifton E. Davis. Kenneth Renay Davis Sr. was her son.

She died September 11, 2021, aged 92 and was posthumously recognised by the South Carolina House of Representatives in December of the same year by resolution bill 4625. South Carolina's Blacks and Native Americans, 1776-1976, South Carolina Human Affairs Commission History of Black Women in America, Volume 1 (1982) Contributions of Black Women to America; Civil rights, politics and government, education, medicine, sciences, Volume 2 (1982) Contributions of Black Women to America: The arts, media, business, law, sports (1982) The Enduring Dream: History of Benedict College, 1870-1995 Teaching African American Literature: Language and Practice, co-author History of the Black Caucus: National Council of Teachers of English, editor The Bowman Family of South Carolina; Our Roots, Oz and Charity Bowman (2003)