Angela Davis
Angela Davis is a political activist and author. She was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1944. Growing up was tough for her and her family because of the racial discrimination that was happening then. In multiple interviews she explains horrific memories of being scared of being shot at and remembers her family and many other families owning a gun to protect themselves. She went on to studying overseas in Europe. While over there she heard of all the civil rights activists trying to make a difference. She wanted to make a difference too. Davis came back to America and started making speeches to advocate civil rights. She then became a member of the Black Panther Party and the Communist party. After being successful with her speeches, the University of California, Los Angeles wanted to hire her to teach a class. On Davis' first day, UCLA found out she was a communist and didn't let her teach the class. This made big news headlines. Soon after Davis was in bigger headlines when she was wanted for kidnapping and murder that was done by Jonathan Jackson. Davis was wanted because the gun used in the crime was registered in her name. After years in prison, Davis was finally found not guilty. She went on to become an author and write numerous books including Are Prisons Obsolete?
UPDATE:
Angela Davis returns to UCLA to give a speech after 45 years of controversy. Click here to read the article.
UPDATE:
Angela Davis returns to UCLA to give a speech after 45 years of controversy. Click here to read the article.
In the video above, Angela Davis discusses growing up, her controversies and answers questions in a prison interview by Barry Callaghan.