Famous Angela Davis Quotes

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.
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We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
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The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.
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Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
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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 other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
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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 campuses and in various communities across the country and other parts of the world.
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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 of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today.
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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 that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.
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