The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Angela Davis

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The HistoryMakers Video Oral History with Angela Davis

6/7/2003; 4/3/2004; 12/15/2015

https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/A2003.124

Civil rights activist and history professor Angela Davis (1944 - ) ran on the Communist Party ticket as vice president in 1980 and 1984. In addition to her political activist activities, Davis was an accomplished university professor and lecturer. Davis was interviewed by The HistoryMakers on 6/7/2003, 4/3/2004 and 12/15/2015, in Chicago, Illinois and Oakland, California. This collection is comprised of the video footage of the interview.

Total Sessions: 3; Total Tapes: 13; Total Run Time: 06h 33m 14s

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Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-

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Activist, author, and professor, Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on January 26, 1944, the daughter of two teachers. Active at an early age in the Black Panthers and the Communist Party, Davis also formed an interracial study group and volunteered for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee while still in high school. At fifteen, after earning a scholarship, Davis traveled to New York to complete high school. In 1960, Davis traveled to Germany to study for two years, and then ...