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TODAY’S ANSWER:
ANSWER: WALLS TURNED SIDEWAYS ARE BRIDGES. —ANGELA DAVIS (Scroll down for more)
📚 ANGELA DAVIS
BORN JANUARY 26, 1944 • AGE 82 • AMERICAN SCHOLAR, AUTHOR & ACTIVIST
🏡 GROWING UP ON DYNAMITE HILL
Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1944 and grew up in a neighborhood nicknamed Dynamite Hill because of racist bombings. Her childhood experiences with segregation helped shape her lifelong interest in civil rights and education.
🎓 A STUDENT OF THE WORLD
Davis graduated from Brandeis University in 1965 and continued studying philosophy in Germany and California. Her academic work included studying with philosopher Herbert Marcuse, whose ideas influenced her approach to politics and society.
⚖️ A COURT CASE WATCHED AROUND THE WORLD
In 1970, Davis was charged in connection with a deadly California courthouse incident involving weapons registered to her. Her case attracted international attention, and on June 4, 1972, a jury acquitted her of all charges.
📖 BOOKS THAT SPARKED CONVERSATION
Davis published Angela Davis: An Autobiography in 1974, followed by Women, Race & Class in 1981. Her writing examines history, equality, education, and the relationships between social institutions and everyday life.
🏫 FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE LECTURE HALL
In 1991, Davis joined the faculty of the University of California, Santa Cruz, teaching in its History of Consciousness program. She later became a distinguished professor emerita, following decades of teaching, research, and public lectures.
🎶 FINDING HISTORY IN THE BLUES
Her 1998 book Blues Legacies and Black Feminism explored the music of Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday. Davis also co-founded Critical Resistance, an organization advocating alternatives to imprisonment and changes to the criminal justice system.
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