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Angela Davis and her contribution to the Civil Rights Movement

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Angela Davis

Personal life

  • Was born on January 26th, 1944
  • She was born in Birmingham, Alabama
  • She grew up in a middle class neighborhood that had been nicknamed the "dynamite hill" as the KKK often bombed this hill
  • She was a civil rights activist, author and was and African American educator
  • Later on in life she went to Brandeis University in Massachusetts where she studied Philosophy (Biography.com)

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What are her beliefs

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What are her beliefs

  • She believed in gender equity, prison reform,and equality among race (biography.com)
  • Prison reform is the attempt to improve prison conditions (humanrightsinitiative.org)
  • Gender equity means equal treatment between males and females
  • She wanted every person no matter the gender, place and race to have an equal opportunity in life despite there differences

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Contribution to the Civil Rights Movement

Contribution to civil rights

  • She was affiliated with the black panthers and the Che-Lemumba Club(biography.com)
  • The Che-Lumumba was an all black communist party
  • The black panthers were a political organization made to challenge police brutality(history.com)
  • She has written 17 books about her beliefs and her struggles that have impacted the readers incredibly
  • She also has continuously stood up for what she believes in despite the unpopular opinion

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Specific events that Angela Davis was apart of

Events that she was apart of

  • As a teenager she organized interracial groups that were broken up by the police
  • As mentioned before she made many books regarding social issues
  • She was a strong supporter of 3 prison inmates from the Soledad prison:
  • John W. Clutchette
  • Fleeta Drumgo
  • George Lester Jackson
  • They were all accused of killing a prison guard
  • During Jackson's trial on August 1970, there was an escape attempt made and many people were killed in the courtroom

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Specific events that Angela was apart of

  • Davis was charged with many things including murder

The evidence:

  • The guns used were registered in her name
  • She was in love with Jackson reportedly
  • She was acquitted after 18 months in jail

Events that she was apart of

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What made Angela Davis important

What makes her important

  • She not only help lead the civil rights movement with her activism but she also touched on topics like prison reform that were not talked about in her day
  • She showed that talking about "uncomfortable" topics can raise awareness and solve problems
  • It takes real courage to stand up and challenge the thoughts of many people in power

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Angela Davis Today

  • She now does lectures at different colleges and universities, discussing things like the justice system, womens rights and racism
  • She even spoke after Donald Trumps inauguration (biography.com)

Today

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Video

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