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Born in Birmingham, Alabama
She grew up in "Dynamite Hill" -
Joined black power movement and CPUSA
She was fired from her teaching job for her association with the Communist Party in which she fought it in court and was forced to be rehired. -
Arrested in NYC
Charged with conspiracy, murder , and kidnapping
Waldschmidt-Nelson, Britta. "“We Shall Overcome”: The Impact of the African American Freedom Struggle on Race Relations and Social Protest in Germany after World War II." In The Transatlantic Sixties: Europe and the United States in the Counterculture Decade, edited by Waldschmidt-Nelson Britta, Kosc Grzegorz, Juncker Clara, and Monteith Sharon, 66-97. Bielefeld: Transcript Verlag, 2013. -
FBI 10 most wanted list
for kidnapping, murder, and interstate flight. was placed on many college dorm rooms -
Acquitted
by an all-white jury. Protests were held to raise awareness and money for her in East Germany -
Keynote Address
Speech to Stanford Law Students
Davis, Angela Y. "Keynote Address." Stanford Law Review 43, no. 6 (1991): 1175-181. Accessed May 2, 2020. doi:10.2307/1229034. -
Politics to Fashion
People knew her name from her style not her politics and struggle https://jstor-bc.orc.scoolaid.net/stable/1343885?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=Angela&searchText=davis&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DAngela%2Bdavis%26amp%3Bacc%3Don%26amp%3Bwc%3Don%26amp%3Bfc%3Doff%26amp%3Bgroup%3Dnone&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-4946%2Fcontrol&refreqid=search%3A4e4a31275371b6eeaa417f9224fdd69c&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents -
Discussion on Prisons
with Gina Dent
Davis, Angela, and Gina Dent. "Prison as a Border: A Conversation on Gender, Globalization, and Punishment." Signs 26, no. 4 (2001): 1235-241. Accessed February 5, 2020. jstor-bc.orc.scoolaid.net/stable/3175363. -
Discussion of Black Freedom Struggle
The Meaning of Freedom book
Simms, Angela. "The "Veil" of Racial Segregation in the 21st Century: The Suburban Black Middle Class, Public Schools, and Pursuit of Racial Equity." Phylon (1960-) 56, no. 1 (2019): 81-110. Accessed February 5, 2020. jstor-bc.orc.scoolaid.net/stable/26743832. -
Advocating for Assata Shakur's Protection
"Hands off Assata Shakur'
