It is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
ANGELA DAVISIt is essential to resist the depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals.
ANGELA DAVISI think we have to really focus on the issues much more than we may have in the past.
ANGELA DAVISWe have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.
ANGELA DAVISWell for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery – did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.
ANGELA DAVISFeminism insists on methods of thought and action that urge us to think about things together that appear to be separate, and to disaggregate things that appear to naturally belong together.
ANGELA DAVISEqual pay for women has always been an issue, eventhough we all know women work 10x harder than most men do.
ANGELA DAVISIt is in collectivities that we find reservoirs of hope and optimism.
ANGELA DAVISRacism, 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 DAVISRevolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary’s life. When one commits oneself to the struggle, it must be for a lifetime.
ANGELA DAVISIn a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.
ANGELA DAVISWe know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.
ANGELA DAVISPoor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.
ANGELA DAVISPrisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings.
ANGELA DAVISWe live in a society of an imposed forgetfulness, a society that depends on public amnesia
ANGELA DAVISWhen children attend schools that place a greater value on discipline and security than on knowledge and intellectual development, they are attending prep schools for prison.
ANGELA DAVISI think in black communities today we need to encourage a lot more cross racial organizing.
ANGELA DAVIS