“This is central to the development of feminist abolitionist theories and practices: we have to learn how to think and act and struggle against that which is ideologically constituted as "normal".” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
“the struggle for an abolitionist democracy is aspiring to create the institutions that will truly allow for a democratic society. What” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share Image
“The process of trying to assimilate into an existing category in many ways runs counter to efforts to produce radical or revolutionary results.” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“When Obama was elected president, a prisoner said “one black man in the White House doesn’t make up for one million black men in… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“This is central to the development of feminist abolitionist theories and practices: we have to learn how to think and act and struggle against… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“YA DA DO (Lovie Austin) Every evenin’ ’bout half past four Sweet piano playin’ near my door And turn to raggin’, you never heard… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“Our histories never unfold in isolation. We cannot truly tell what we consider to be our own histories without knowing the other stories. And… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“Neoliberal ideology drives us to focus on individuals, ourselves, individual victims, individual perpetrators. But how is it possible to solve the massive problem of… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“The majority of people who are in prison are there because society has failed them.” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“What I do want people to remember is the fact that the movement around the demand for my freedom was victorious. It was a… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“even when police are indicted, we cannot be certain that change is on the agenda. There” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“the struggle for an abolitionist democracy is aspiring to create the institutions that will truly allow for a democratic society. What” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“What can we learn from women like Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday that we may not be able to learn from… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“[Prison] relieves us of the responsibility of seriously engaging with the problems of our society, especially those produced by racism and, increasingly, global capitalism.” — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
“There is a difference between outcome and impact. Many people assume that because the encampments are gone and nothing tangible was produced, that there… — Angela Y. Davis Copy Share
