Angela Davis

Born

January 26, 1944 (age 82)

Known as

writer, human rights defender, philosopher, autobiographer, university teacher, politician

Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Marxist feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, author. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA), running for Vice President in the 1980 and 1984 elections under that party. She is also a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She has been active in movements such as the Occupy movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign.

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