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Davis, Angela (1944-)

From Encyclopedia of Race and Crime
Prison abolitionist, political prisoner, Black Panther, Communist, radical activist, Black feminist, critical resistor, public intellectual, intellectual activist, and university professor are just some of the labels by which Angela Davis has been known throughout her lifetime. Davis was the face of Black Pride in the 1970s, was a candidate for vice president on the Communist Party ticket in 1980 and 1984, and is a major feminist scholar. Today's generation knows her as a critic of the criminal justice system, particularly the prison-industrial complex, and as a prison abolitionist. Davis is currently a full professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz, where she holds a joint appointment in the History of Consciousness and Women's Studies departments. From the beginning, Davis has combined theory and practice through scholarship and participation in the grassroots movements of 1960s Black Liberation to the more recent prison abolition movement. Through 4 decades Davis has…
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Full text Article Davis, Angela (Yvonne)

From The Palgrave Macmillan Dictionary of Women's Biography
American black radical. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama; her parents were schoolteachers and she herself proved a brilliant student, moving on to Brandeis University in 1961. She spent a year in Paris where she met many Algerian student radicals, and on her return to the USA her sense of…
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Full text Article Davis, Angela (1944–)

From Freedom Facts and Firsts: 400 Years of the African American Civil Rights Experience
Angela Yvonne Davis was emboldened by her mother and grandmother to fight for civil rights. Once on the FBI's most wanted list, Davis is often associated with the Black Panthers and the black power politics of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Arrested as a conspirator in the abortive attempt to free…
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Full text Article Davis, Angela 1944–

From Encyclopedia of Race and Racism
Angela Y. Davis was born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama. An activist and scholar, Davis was appointed a professor in the History of Consciousness Program at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1991. She is one of the main architects of a global movement to abolish what she has…
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Full text Article DAVIS, ANGELA (1944–)

From Historical Dictionary of the Lesbian and Gay Liberation Movements
A Marxist-feminist and lesbian activist, Davis was formerly on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's most-wanted list for her revolutionary work in the Black Power movement and her support of the Soledad Brothers in the 1970s. She realized that there was sexism in the Black Power movement. Davis…
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Full text Article Angela Davis (1944–)

From African American Almanac
Angela Davis (1944–)
Author, Scholar, Activist Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 26, 1944, to middle-class parents who stressed both academic excellence and political awareness and activism. Her mother, Sally E. Davis, had been politically active since her college days, and Angela participated in…
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Full text Article Angela Davis (1944–)

From Trailblazing Women!: Amazing Americans Who Made History
Angela Davis (1944–)
Civil Rights Activist, Educator A radical African American advocate on behalf of civil rights and other social issues, Angela Davis was perhaps the most notorious counterculture activist of the 1960s. She was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Communist Party of America, was twice a vice…
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Full text Article Davis, Angela (1944 to )

From Chambers Dictionary of World History
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Full text Article Angela Davis (1944–)

From The American Women's Almanac: 500 Years of Making History
Angela Davis (1944–)
A radical African American advocate on behalf of civil rights and other social issues, Angela Davis was perhaps the most notorious counterculture activist of the 1960s. She was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Communist Party of America, was twice a vice presidential candidate on the…
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Full text Article Davis, Angela Yvonne (b. 1944)

From From Suffrage to the Senate: America's Political Women
Angela Davis. Photo Credit: Nick Wiebe
Activist and scholar Angela Davis began participating in civil rights demonstrations as a child in the 1950s and continues to support controversial causes. She gained national attention in 1970. when she was accused of supplying weapons for a raid on a San Rafael, California courthouse and was…
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