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Angela Davis
Angela Davis
American Activist
Born: Jan 26, 1944
Black People Political Think Time Work
Related authors: Cesar Chavez Elizabeth Cady Stanton Gloria Steinem Harriet Tubman Malcolm X Noam Chomsky Sojourner Truth Susan B. Anthony
What this country needs is more unemployed politicians. Angela Davis
Needs Country Politicians More Unemployed
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. Angela Davis
Society Minds Liberating About Talk Well
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Angela Davis
Work You Yourself Single Whatever Think Consider Back Give Ongoing Individual Part Importance Because Single Individual Doing Historical Precisely May Achieved Movement Who Activist
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. Angela Davis
Dangerous Other Our Obedient Prisons Human Jails Human Beings Break Convert Beings Each Population Keepers Designed Zoo
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. Angela Davis
Relationship You Women Men Society Must Between Understand How Any Functions
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism. Angela Davis
Politics Struggle Woman Fight People World Political Black Liberation Imperialism Bound Participation Over Oppressed Affiliation Up American Against Flow
Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. Angela Davis
Work Racism Black First Increase Wealthy Weapon First Place Place Workers Used Paying Less Profits Bring
Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been. Angela Davis
Time Racism Hidden Kind More Perhaps Terrible Been Than Same Same Time Far Much Ever Phenomenon
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death. Angela Davis
Death Freedom Road Know Always Been
Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. Angela Davis
Education People Higher Education Prison More Color Higher Institutions Likely Than Poor Poor People Much Found
Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement. Angela Davis
Relationship Rights King Important Think Rights Movement Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Toward Sort Trade Trade Union His Yes Precisely Movement Acknowledge Moving Really Assassination Moment Union Union Movement Dr Dr. King
I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities. Angela Davis
Opportunities Responsibility Made Take Advantage Sense Awareness Think Those Possible Take Advantage Us Certain Measure Who
But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life. Angela Davis
Life Time You Rest Live Assume Those Laurels Allow Sort Making Making A Difference Years Years Ago Same Going Same Time Difference Victories Your
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. Angela Davis
Death Penalty Would Abolish Haven Had Likely Became Death Penalty Been America Slavery
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time. Angela Davis
Work Time Political Will Somehow Arise Taken Tension Between Involves Inevitably Issues Survive Contributions Current Certain Requirement Activist Desire Position
And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this class division as simply a product or a certain strategy that black movements have developed for liberation. Angela Davis
Class Black Strategy Think Guess Say Liberation Would See About Developed Division Simply Narrowly Movements Certain Product Necessarily
I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively. Angela Davis
Think Philosophy Studies Involved Because Person Any Decided Teach Who Actively
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now. Angela Davis
Leadership You Youth People Older Guess Say Would Take Never Attempting Never Stop Learn How Stop Now Older People Right
The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people. Angela Davis
Death People Relatively Penalty Those Has-Been Small Attend Participants Powerful Death Penalty Been Campaign While Against Who Number
Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer. Angela Davis
Great People Progress Great Deal Black Society Laws Longer Over Well Course Within Deal Been Years Any Last
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. Angela Davis
Freedom People World Country Other State Say Throughout Demand Name Known Became Parts Because Around Accidentally Target So Many People Repression Might Organized Many
As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression. Angela Davis
Political Organization National Energy Trial Tried Case Alliance Had Developed Soon Over Another Around Repression Which Against Create Use
I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general. Angela Davis
Work Rights Prison General Involved Around
When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to. Angela Davis
Democracy Says He Referring Wonder Often Bush

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