Angela Davis
Biography
Angela Davis is an American political activist, academic scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests include prisoner rights; she co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She was a professor (now retired) at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in its History of Consciousness Department and a former director of the university's Feminist Studies department.
Known For
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George Jackson/San Quentin Prison 1972
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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Malcolm X
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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
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La conférence des femmes - Nairobi 85
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Stamped from the Beginning
Featuring
Walter Rodney: What They Don’t Want You to Know
Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
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Nos corps sont vos champs de bataille
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Blind Eye to Justice: HIV+ Women Incarcerated in California
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
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Visions of Abolition: From Critical Resistance to a New Way of Life
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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13th
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Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary
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Pieces of Lives, Pieces of Dreams
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The Black List: Volume Two
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Genet parle d'Angela Davis
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Wer die Erde liebt
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The House on Coco Road
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A Huey P. Newton Story
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A Place of Rage
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Black Is… Black Ain’t
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Mountains That Take Wing: Angela Davis & Yuri Kochiyama- A Conversation on Life, Struggles, and Liberation
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The Peace!
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
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Toni Morrison Remembers
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De Cabral a George Floyd: Onde Arde o Fogo Sagrado da Liberdade
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Соль земли американской
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This Is Personal
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Emicida: AmarElo - É Tudo Pra Ontem
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Criminal Queers
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Gotta Make This Journey: Sweet Honey in The Rock
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Police Off Campus!
Queer, Broke & Amazing!
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Quebrando Mitos: A Frágil e Catástrofica Masculinidade de Bolsonaro
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Praise Song
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Herbert's Hippopotamus: Marcuse and Revolution in Paradise
Duels of History
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Davis Report
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
40
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-01-26
Place of Birth
Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Also Known As
Angela Yvonne Davis