Angela Y. Davis collection 1970-1984.

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Angela Y. Davis collection 1970-1984.

The collection contains material related to Angela Davis from 1970-1984. This artificially created collection includes printed material and unpublished writings. The bulk of the collection consists of fliers, newsletters, and other printed material created by committees such as the National United Committee to Free Angela Davis organized to advocate for Davis following her arrest in 1970. The printed material also includes newspaper and magazine articles about Davis and campaign material related to her run for Vice President in 1980 and 1984. The unpublished writings in this collection include speeches by Davis to the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression.

.5 linear ft. (1 box and 8 oversized papers)

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Communist Party of the United States of America

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The Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), a Marxist-Leninist party aligned with the Soviet Union, was founded in 1919 in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution by the left wing members of the Socialist Party USA. These split into two groups, with each holding founding conventions in Chicago in September 1919: one which established the Communist Labor Party, and a second which established the Communist Party of America. In a 1920 Joint Unity Convention, a minority faction of t...

National United Committee to Free Angela Davis

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