Angela Davis (USA, b.1944)

Angela Yvonne Davis

(born January 26, 1944)
is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author; she is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She was active in movements such as the Occupy movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. via Wikipedia

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Angela Davis FBI Wanted poster, August 8th 1970

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Angela Davis on Violence and Revolution

Angela Davis’ Great-Grandfather Took a Slaveowner to Court

Angela Davis and Toni Morrison in 1974, photo by Jill Krementz

Angela Davis by Philippe Halsman, 1973

Books by Angela Y. Davis : SOURCE & more

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Black Women & Their Words: source

June Jordan, Alice Walker, Lucille Clifton, and Audre Lorde at the Phyllis Wheatley Poetry Festival. November 1973