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Angela Davis

American activist
Also known as: Angela Yvonne Davis
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Angela Davis (born Jan. 26, 1944, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.) is a militant American black activist who gained an international reputation during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charges in 1970–72. The daughter of Alabama schoolteachers, Davis studied at home and abroad (1961–67) before becoming a doctoral candidate at the University of California, San Diego, under the Marxist professor Herbert Marcuse. Because of her political opinions and despite an excellent record as an instructor at the...

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