It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it's not going to solve the problems. - Angela Davis 1 Share Now -
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 2 Share Now -
I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. - Angela Davis 3 Share Now -
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. - Angela Davis 4 Share Now -
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 5 Share Now -
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 6 Share Now -
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 9 Share Now -
Well I teach in the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz. So that's my primary work. I lecture on various campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world. - Angela Davis 10 Share Now -
