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

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    Angela Yvonne Davis is best known as a radical African American educator and activist for civil rights and other social issues. She was born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama to Sallye and Frank Davis, an elementary school teacher and the owner of a service station, respectively. Davis knew about racial prejudice from a young age; her nei...

    Outside of academia, Angela Davis had become a strong supporter of three prison inmates of Soledad Prison known as the Soledad brothers (they were not related). These three men—John W. Cluchette, Fleeta Drumgo, and George Lester Jackson—were accused of killing a prison guard after several African American inmates had been killed in a fight by anoth...

    After spending time traveling and lecturing, Angela Davis returned to teaching. She served as a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, before retiring in 2008. Davis is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class (1980), Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and ...

  2. May 1, 2024 · Angela Davis (born Jan. 26, 1944, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.) is a militant American black activist who gained an international reputation during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charges in 1970–72.

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  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Angela Davis is an activist, scholar and writer who advocates for the oppressed. She has authored several books, including 'Women, Culture & Politics.'

  4. Life Story: Angela Davis (1944- ) Philosopher, Activist, and Political Prisoner. The story of a radical thinker whose imprisonment garnered a national response.

  5. Oct 19, 2020 · Angela Davis survived that dangerous time with her reputation intact, her spirit unbroken and her critical vision of the American free-enterprise system unchanged.

  6. Nov 8, 2020 · Angela Davis (born Jan. 26, 1944) is a political activist, academic, and author, who has been highly involved in the civil rights movement in the U.S. She is well known for her work and influence on racial justice, women's rights, and criminal justice reform.