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                                    The Unsung Activist

Angela Davis is an activist who fought against systems of oppression. When she was a teenager she had already started being involved in the movement by making study groups, which eventually got broken up by the police.

According to the site Wikipedia.org, “In 1970, guns belonging to Davis were used in an armed takeover of a courtroom in Marin County, California, in which four people were killed. Prosecuted for three capital felonies, including conspiracy to murder, she was held in jail for over a year before being acquitted of all charges in 1972.” 

Angela Davis ended up accidentally being part of a shoutout with the Black Panthers to get her brother out of jail which caused her to be on the FBI’s most wanted fugitives list. Davis wanted to change racism, the prison system and sexism.

 According to the site Wikipedia.org, “Davis is a major figure in the prison abolition movement. She has referred to the United States prison system as the "prison–industrial complex" and was one of the founders of Critical Resistance, a national grassroots organization dedicated to building a movement to abolish the prison system.” 

Her methods were major protests and speeches. When she went to jail she inspired a movement. 


According to the site Nytimes.com, “Davis, now 76, is not just an image on a wall or a talking head in a documentary. She remains a vital presence in the world, lecturing at major universities and advising young activists, like the Dream Defenders, a group founded in 2012 after the killing of Trayvon Martin.” 


Angela Davis is an unsung hero because she became known for her involvement in a politically charged murder case in the early 1970s.


Now, Angela Davis is an American political activist, philosopher, academic and author. She is a professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

As Angela Davis once said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be NON-RACIST. We must be ANTI-RACIST.” and she also said, “We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.” We will forever be grateful for her work.





Sites:

En.wikipedia.org

www.nytimes.com

www.thequotes.in

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Comments

  1. AnonymousMarch 12, 2021 at 9:32 AM

    I enjoyed how you explained her life, and what she has gone through, in such detail. I never knew about her, and I think your writing about her really shines a light on truly unsung heroes. My one question is why were her study groups broken up by police?

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    1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2021 at 9:27 AM

      EM Fullhouse, There is not any information on why it was broken up, but I am pretty sure that it was broken up because she was at Brandeis University studying with other people an the fact she was black got the police angry. They probably got angry and broke it up because racism was happening there.

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  2. AnonymousMarch 12, 2021 at 9:33 AM

    I liked this article very much. It gave enough information for me to picture what Angela Davis's life was somewhat like. I would like to know though, when was she released from prison?

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    1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2021 at 9:29 AM

      Human Sloth, Angela Davis was released from prison in 1972, after a 16-month incarceration.

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  3. AnonymousMarch 12, 2021 at 9:39 AM

    Great job on your blog! This blog has a lot of good information in it, and I like how you you included specifically what she wanted to change and some of her reasons why. Is Angela Davis still considered a fugitive to some people?

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    1. AnonymousMarch 15, 2021 at 9:30 AM

      EM Bookworm, Angela Davis was considered a fugitive back then, but now she is a professor in Santa Cruz, California.

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