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    Dr. Angela Davis

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    Dr. Angela Davis, a living witness to history and important struggles of our contemporary era, will deliver a distinguished lecture. Davis is a scholar, activist, and sought-after speaker, presenting at dozens of universities including Dartmouth, Stanford, University of Northern Iowa, Lawrence College and Seattle University, a sister Catholic, Jesuit university. She has written eight books; taught at UCLA, UCSC, Vassar and Stanford; and focuses on social justice issues like racism, oppression and prison abolition. Davis has spoken in every state in America

    Fania Davis, speech delivered at a rally for Angela Davis, circa 1970

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    This program presentsa speech by Fania Davis, sister of activist Angela Davis, at a rally advocating for the release of Angela Davis, circa 1970

    Blues Legacies: classe, razza, genere nella riflessione politica di Angela Davis

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    Pubblicato nel 1998, Blue Legacies and Black Feminism, si situava all’interno di un dibattito femminista e accademico che si era ormai aperto alla sfida posta dai femminismi neri, ispanici e asiatici alla riflessione femminista mainstream e che proprio Angela Davis aveva contribuito ad avviare con il suo scritto del 1971, “Reflections on the Black Women’s Role in the Community of Slaves”, pubblicato mentre era in carcere e poi sviluppato nel suo Donne, razza e classe del 198

    Angela Davis speaking to students at UC Irvine

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    Angela Yvonne Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a nationally prominent activist and radical in the 1960s, as a leader of the Communist Party USA.Handwritten on sheet: "10/9/1969, Angela Davis" 10/9/1969, Angela Davis Handwritten on sheet: "10/9/1969, Angela Davis"University of California, Irvine. University Communication

    Policing the Black Man: A Conversation with Angela J. Davis and Sherrilyn Ifill

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    [reception] Please join the Open Society Foundations for a conversation with renowned legal scholar Angela J. Davis on policing and racial discrimination in the United States. In addition to her teaching and academic work, Davis is also the editor of Policing the Black Man: Arrest, Prosecution, and Imprisonment, a new collection of essays on the impact of the criminal justice system on African American boys and men. Davis will be joined by one of the book’s contributors, Sherrilyn Ifill, president and director-counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund and member of the Open Society Foundations Global Board. The discussion will be moderated by Chris Stone, president of Open Society Foundations
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