Angela Davis
Known For
Acting
Born
1944-01-26 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA
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.
Most Known For
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
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Apostrophes
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13th
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Black Is… Black Ain’t
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Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
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The Peace!
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Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
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The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
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Malcolm X
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La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
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Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
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A Huey P. Newton Story
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The Black List: Volume Two
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Assignment America
Praise Song
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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Stamped from the Beginning
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Emicida: AmarElo - It's All for Yesterday
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Our Bodies Are Your Battlefields
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Davis Report
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