“To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.”
— Angela Davis
Author: Angela Davis
Category: society
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I think the importance of doing activist
“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 individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.”
— Angela Davis
Author: Angela Davis
Category: work
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My name became known because I was,
“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.”
— Angela Davis
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Category: freedom
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We have to talk about liberating minds
“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
— Angela Davis
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We have to talk about liberating minds
“We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
— Angela Davis
Author: Angela Davis
Category: society
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Now, if we look at the way
“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.”
— Angela Davis
Author: Angela Davis
Category: leadership
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Had it not been for slavery, the
“Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.”
— Angela Davis
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Category: death
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Racism, in the first place, is a
“Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.”
— Angela Davis
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Category: work
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Poor people, people of color – especially
“Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.”
— Angela Davis
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Category: education
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To understand how any society functions you
“To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.”
— Angela Davis
Author: Angela Davis
Category: women
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I never saw myself as an individual
“I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.”
— Angela Davis
Author: Angela Davis
Category: leadership
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