Name: Angela Davis: An Autobiography
Rating: 4.75 (6 reviews)

Angela Davis

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

Marion

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.

Angela Y. Davis

"The two women wait for the darkest part of night. Only then will they feel safe enough to leave the little house in Echo Park. Outside there may be men with guns or warrants -- or both. When the dark is at its deepest, the two women step outside. One of them is Angela Davis. From a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century, Angela Davis describes in full the story of her life: from Carrie A. Tuggle Elementary School to the U.S. Communist Party; from her political activity in a New York high school to the Soledad Brothers; from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. In spite of voluminous print devoted to Angela Davis, a curious privacy has always surrounded her -- a privacy still intact. Until this publication, no one had managed to provide us with the whole story: What was her childhood really like? How deep were the influences of a Southern and a European education? What precipitated her into political activism? What was her relationship with the Soledad Brothers? How did she elude the FBI? Where did she go? What did she do? Who helped her? This book tells not only what happened, but more important, how she felt about the events, the people, and herself. A powerful and commanding story told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction. Of the turbulent sixties, Angela Davis is the last and, perhaps, the only triumphant figure." 4e de couv.

Angela Davis--an Autobiography

zoe m

This autobiography is incredibly powerful and informative. Angela Davis is an admirable activist specifically for Black liberation and freedom from unjust incarceration of BIPOC in the US. I would definitely recommend this read if you are interested in learning more about the prison-industrial complex!

Angela Davis: An Autobiography

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