Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1944-
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Angela Davis Materials,
Collection
Identifier: H-Mss-1027
Abstract
Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a nationally prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA. In 1970 she became heavily involved with George Jackson's case and is accused of taking part in a prison uprising that occurs related to Jackson.This collection contains 27 pamphlets, books and related ephemera concering the imprisonment and trial of...
Dates:
1970-1972