Best Angela Davis Sayings
- As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with… Affiliation
- 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… Achieved
- To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. Any
- I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively. Actively
- Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a… Abolish
- We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death. Been
- Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. Color
- Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. Abolish
- I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have… Advantage
- And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this class… Black
- I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons. Abolish
- The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and… Activist
- In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to… Been
- My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and… Accidentally
- Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers… Black
- First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons. All
- Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of the… Assault
- 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… Acknowledge
- 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… Attempting
- As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we… Alliance
- 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… Cities
- That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into… Alternative
- The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a… All
- 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… Across
- What I think is different today is the lack of political connection between the black middle class and the increasing numbers of black people who… Black