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  1. Nov 9, 2009 · Bettmann Archive/Getty Images. Educator, activist and author Angela Davis (1944-) became known for her involvement in a politically charged murder case in the early 1970s. Influenced by her...

  2. 4 days ago · Angela Davis 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Biography. Digital Archive. Civil rights and professor, Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 26, 1944, the daughter of two teachers. Active at an early age in the Black Panthers and the Communist Party, Davis also formed an interracial study group and volunteered for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee while still ...

  5. Mar 1, 2010 · Angela Davis (b. 1944) is an American political activist, professor, and author who was an active member in the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party. She is most famous for her involvement with the Soledad brothers, who were accused of killing a prison guard.

  6. www.blackpast.org › people-african-american-history › davis-angela-1944Angela Davis (1944-) - Blackpast

    Feb 10, 2011 · Angela Davis, activist, educator, and scholar, was born on January 26, 1944, in the “Dynamite Hill” area of Birmingham, Alabama. The area received that name because so many African American homes in this middle class neighborhood had been bombed over the years by the Ku Klux Klan.

  7. Oct 30, 2019 · Harvard Staff Writer. October 30, 2019 5 min read. Famed activist talks about art and community; mass incarceration; and what we talk about when we talk about race. At Radcliffe’s Schlesinger Library, the life of scholar and political activist Angela Davis unfolds in an array of vivid ephemera.

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