Angela Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, author and social theorist. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA and a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism.

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
A Huey P. Newton Story
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
Dolores
Malcolm X
Between the World and Me
Roberta
Take Me Out
What is Democracy?

Finding Your Roots · S9, E8

And Still I Rise

Henry Louis Gates reveals the unexpected roots of activist Angela Y. Davis and statesman Jeh Johnson, inspiring both to reconsider their understanding of the Black experience and their preconceptions of America’s past. Using DNA and the historical record, Gates maps the deep histories of families that are more diverse—and far more complicated—than either of his guests ever expected.