Dec 26, 2009
Angela Davis | Angela Davis
At a glance:
- Author: Angela Davis
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1944–1973
- Setting: Birmingham, Alabama; New York City; California
- Principal Characters: Angela Yvonne Davis, George Jackson, Jonathan Jackson, Fania Davis, David Poindexter, Franklin and Kendra Alexander, Margaret Burnham
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Politics
- Subjects: African Americans, Social action, 1960’s, 1970’s, United States or Americans, Social reform, Class conflict, Communism or communists, Politics, Prisoners, Prisons, Racism, Revolutionaries, Sexism, Socialism
- Locales: Birmingham, AL, California, New York, NY
Form and Content
Angela Davis is a well-known radical activist who became famous in the early 1970’s.
Since her time as a graduate student working with the philosopher Herbert Marcuse at the University
of California at San Diego, she has worked for the rights of African Americans, prisoners, and others,
eschewing the mainstream of the Civil Rights movement in favor of a radical, no-holds-barred critique
of American society and institutions. She is a leading member of the U.S. Communist Party and the
author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class (1981) and...
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