Joshua Clark Davis is an American historian whose work focuses on social movements, policing, and twentieth century United States history. He is the author of *Police Against the Movement: The Sabotage of the Civil Rights Struggle and the Activists Who Fought Back*, published by Princeton University Press in 2025. His research examines how law enforcement agencies undermined civil rights organizing and how activists responded through legal challenges, public campaigns, and community defense. Davis has written on protest movements, political repression, and grassroots activism, contributing scholarship that connects archival research with contemporary debates about policing and democracy.