Angela Davis

On January 26, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama, an activist, scholar, and writer was born. Her name was Angela Yvonne Davis. She is the eldest of four children. Her father and mother were teachers in the Birmingham school system. Both of her parents was a part of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). In her junior year of high school she decided she couldn’t stay in Birmingham. She applied for an early entrance program at Fisk University, in Nashville, Tennessee,…

Angela Davis is an activist, scholar, a women’s rights activist ,and a writer who advocates for the oppressed. Angela was born on January 26, 1944 in Birmingham Alabama. She is currently 73 years old. Angela is currently using social media such as, Twitter and Facebook. She makes many quotes and does many talks around the world. One of Angela’s quotes…

systematically in American society. Systematic racism affects the economic and social position of non-white populations. These populations are subjected to poverty and the lack of opportunity. Angela Davis argues that racism is the main culprit responsible for the incarceration practices in the United States. Davis states that non-whites are drastically more likely to be subjected to being perceived as criminals who must be either incarcerated, placed on parole or probation. This…

interview with PBS’s Frontline in 1997, the activist Angela Davis discusses at length the issues affecting African-Americans in the United States and the efficacy of black protest as a means of challenging oppressive circumstances. Central to her thesis is the notion that “the black community” is far from as homogenous as the term implies, and that it is therefore inappropriate to universalise the African-American experience. To illustrate this, Davis references the growing divide between the…

When Paul Oliver in Angela Davis’ writing, says that the blues has very little political protest in it and that the African American community has accepted their fate within the American society, he has misunderstood the codedness of the blues songs. He presents the African American…

“13th”, a 2016 documentary, dives deep into details regarding prison systems in the United States. The documentary discusses the history of inequality as well. The title “13th” gets its name as reference to the thirteenth amendment. The thirteenth amendment states that it is unethical for one to become a slave; this documentary shows just how ironic it is that prisoners often times get treated as one. Though, some may disagree. In relation to this, the filmmaker makes an argument for the…

specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other." (Davis BrainyQuote.com) "Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education."(Davis, BrainyQuote.com) These two quotes, both by the Afro-American civil-right activist, philosopher, human scientist and author Angela Davis, show what she thinks about the American prison system. But how exactly does she…

The entire Angela Davis lecture was phenomenal. She discussed so many topics and interacted with the audience, which turned the lecture into a fun experience and not only informative but also very entertaining to listen to and watch. I would grade the lecture with an A. I love how she related everything from the past to present because in reality not much has changed when it comes to racism and slavery and the challenges we face as not only African American but also being an African American…

centers. Are we willing to relegate ever larger numbers of people from racially oppressed communities to an isolated existence marked by authoritarian regimes, violence, disease and technologies of seclusion that produce severe mental instability?” Davis even faced the effects of system herself when she was accused for plotting or conspiring regarding the 1970 armed control of a Marin County, California, court, in which four people were murdered. She was discharged in a government trial after a…

than 20 percent of the entire global imprisoned population. Angela Y. Davis is a professor of history of consciousness at the University of California who shows, in her book, Are Prisons Obsolete?, how alarming the US prison system situation isn’t as old as one average individual may think. Just about 30 years ago the entire prison population stood nearly at 200,000 people in the US; that is a tenfold hurdle in just one generation. Davis started off by explaining the drastic change in the number…