In 1979 Davis was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize (formerly named the International [[Stalin]] Peace Prize) by the Communist government of East Germany. Davis ran for Vice President of the United States in 1980 and 1984, alongside Gus Hall, on the Communist Party ticket. | In 1979 Davis was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize (formerly named the International [[Stalin]] Peace Prize) by the Communist government of East Germany. Davis ran for Vice President of the United States in 1980 and 1984, alongside Gus Hall, on the Communist Party ticket. |