Angela Davis is undoubtedly one of the most prominent representations of black feminist thought. The UCLA professor joined the movement for women’s rights and Black liberties in the early 1970s according to the documentary on the History Channel simply titled, Angela Davis. The independent thinker vehemently expressed her disdain for anti-feminist policies imposed on American women. Davis grew up in a segregated south with an educated mother, a rarity for women of color. She acquired an appreciation for Communist ideologies after uniting with groups that promoted Black liberation such as the Black Panther Party along with the Student nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Albeit, Davis desired to change the conditions of inmates,
