"Angela Davis: An Autobiography" by Angela Y. Davis is a detailed account of the author's life, from her upbringing in Alabama to her involvement in the civil rights and revolutionary movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The book covers pivotal moments such as Davis evading police, her arrest and trial, her time in jail, and her ultimate acquittal in 1972. Through her political autobiography, Davis delves into her personal development, her activism, her time in Cuba, and her commitment to fighting against government repression.
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Content warnings for the autobiography include themes of imprisonment, racial violence, political repression, and trauma related to loss and injustice.
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Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, An Autobiography is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction, Angela Davis's autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time.
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I enjoyed this book but it was sad to see how as a nation we're still coming up short in so many areas. I very much would like to read more of her writings.
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About the Author:
Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, and class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Freedom is a Constant Struggle, and Women, Race, and Class, and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz
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