Angela Davis

@Communists, Family and Family ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ A former leader of the Communist Party USA, Angela Davis is an American social and political activist, Scholar and writer Alabama African American Authors Humanitarian Communists American Activists Civil Rights Activists Political Activists Writers Aquarius Celebrities Angela Yvonne Davis is considered to be a distinguished social and political activist of the United States. She has made a huge contribution in the uplifting of the political and social conditions of black in the American society. She was born and brought up in Alabama by her upper middle class parents, who were also in political scene of their times. Davis has studied in New York, Frankfurt and Massachusetts, where she polished her already existing communist ideas in her mind. She started as an associate professor at the University of California in the subject of philosophy and side by side got involved in the Communist Party USA and the Black Panther Party. It was in the 1970s that Davis got in trouble with the law when one of her subject of study, a young black boy who was imprisoned, tried to escape from the jail and was found with a weapon that was claimed to have been given to him by Davis. She tried to flee the law but was caught and put in the jail until all of the charges on her were withdrawn. Davis has been a keynote speaker on the issues of feminism, condition of the prisoners in the jails of United States and the liberation of gays and lesbians at many renowned universities and institutions since that incident.

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Birthday: January 26, 1944 Nationality: American Famous: African American Authors, Humanitarian, Communists, Activists, Civil Rights Activists, Political Activists, Writers Ideologies: Communists City/State: Alabama Spouses: Hilton Braithwaite Siblings: Ben Davis - Reginald davis - Fania Davis Jordan Information Detail Birthday January 26, 1944 Nationality American Famous African American Authors, Humanitarian, Communists, Activists, Civil Rights Activists, Political Activists, Writers Ideologies Communists City/State Alabama Spouses Hilton Braithwaite Siblings Ben Davis - Reginald davis - Fania Davis Jordan Known as Angela Yvonne Davis Universities University Of California, San Diego (UCSD) Elisabeth Irwin High School New York City NY - Brandeis University - MA University of California at San Diego (1968) Notable Alumnis University Of California San Diego (UCSD) University Of California San Diego (UCSD) Founder / Co-Founder Critical Resistance Birth Place Birmingham Political Ideology Communist Party USA Gender Female Father Frank Davis Mother Sallye Davis Net Worth $75 Million as of June 16,2017 Sun Sign Aquarius Born in Birmingham Famous as Political Activist

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Davis declared herself a lesbian in Out magazine in the later 60s. She has worked for the rights and acceptance of gays, lesbians and transgender in the society. Unsplash Personal Life

Angela Davis was born on 26 January 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama to Frank Davis and Sallye Davis. She belonged to a well to do black family. Her father owned a service station and her mother was a elementary school teacher. Unsplash Childhood & Early Years

She has two brothers and a sister and she graduated from the Parker High School in Birmingham, Alabama. Her mother was into politics when she was growing up, so she was always surrounded by thinkers and activists. Unsplash Childhood & Early Years

In 1959, Davis went to New York to broaden her educational horizons and attended the Elizabeth Irwin High School in Greenwich Village. She was introduced to the concept of communism here and made her think of racism and poverty. Unsplash Career

In 1961, she attended the Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachussetts. She was one of the few black students here and felt isolated psychologically. She became increasing interested in the subject of philosophy here. Unsplash Career

In 1962, she went to Europe to be a part of the Eighth World Festival for Youth and Students in Finland. She took this up as an opportunity to meet up revolutionary scholars like herself in the festival. Unsplash Career

After studying for a few years in the University of Frankfurt, in 1969 Davis worked as an assistant professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles. She became a member of the Communist Party USA and joined the Black Panther Party. Unsplash Career

At UCLA, the Board of Regents kept trying to get Davis fired from her post because of her association with the Communist Party USA. They were finally able to do it in 1970 - Davis was fired from UCLA for using inflammatory language. Unsplash Career

There is a song written on Davis called ‘Angela’ and it was sung by John Lennon and Yoko Ono in 1972 and was included in Lennon’s album ‘Some Time in New York City’. Unsplash Trivia

Todd Cochran has also recorded a song on Davis called ‘Free Angela (Thoughts… and all I’ve to say). Unsplash Trivia

Rolling Stones’ song ‘Sweet Black Angel’ was dedicated to her. Unsplash Trivia

Davis spent many months in the jail in 1971. Unsplash Trivia

She thinks of Cuba as a racism-free country. Unsplash Trivia

Information	Detail
Birthday	January 26, 1944
Nationality	American
Famous	African American Authors, Humanitarian, Communists, Activists, Civil Rights Activists, Political Activists, Writers
Ideologies	Communists
City/State	Alabama
Spouses	Hilton Braithwaite
Siblings	Ben Davis - Reginald davis - Fania Davis Jordan
Known as	Angela Yvonne Davis
Universities	University Of California, San Diego (UCSD) Elisabeth Irwin High School New York City NY - Brandeis University - MA University of California at San Diego (1968)
Notable Alumnis	University Of California San Diego (UCSD) University Of California San Diego (UCSD)
Founder / Co-Founder	Critical Resistance
Birth Place	Birmingham
Political Ideology	Communist Party USA
Gender	Female
Father	Frank Davis
Mother	Sallye Davis
Net Worth	$75 Million as of June 16,2017
Sun Sign	Aquarius
Born in	Birmingham
Famous as	Political Activist

Angela Davis

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Jan 26, 1944

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Birmingham