Angela Davis

is an American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author. Davis is a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism and currently a professor at University of California, Santa Cruz. 


Black and white photo of Angela Davis and her mother. They are sitting beside each other in a Harlem church, smiling and looking towards each other.

Angela Davis and her mother together in a church in Harlem. They were attending a talk given by James Baldwin.