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Angela Davis
Angela Davis, 1974.
Angela Davis
American activist
Also known as: Angela Yvonne Davis
Quick Facts
- In full:
- Angela Yvonne Davis
- Born:
- Jan. 26, 1944, Birmingham, Ala., U.S. (age 80)
- Political Affiliation:
- Communist Party of the United States of America
- Movement / Style:
- Black Arts movement
- Notable Family Members:
- daughter of Frank Davis
- daughter of Sallye Davis
- married to Hilton Braithwaite (1980–1983)
- Published Works:
- "Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement" (2016)
- "The Meaning of Freedom: And Other Difficult Dialogues" (2012)
- "Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" (2009)
- "Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture" (2005)
- "Are Prisons Obsolete?" (2003)
- "Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday" (1999)
- "The Angela Y. Davis Reader" (1998)
- "Women, Race, and Class" (1980)
- "Angela Davis: An Autobiography" (1974)
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. The daughter of Alabama schoolteachers, Davis studied at home and abroad (1961–67) before becoming a doctoral candidate at the University of California, San Diego, under the Marxist professor Herbert Marcuse. Because of her political opinions and despite an excellent record as an instructor at the university’s Los Angeles campus, the California Board of Regents in 1970 refused to renew her appointment as lecturer in philosophy. In 1991, however, Davis became ...(100 of 298 words)