Angela Davis

Angela Davis (English: Angela Davis; January 26, 1944-) is an American political activist, scholar, and writer. Davis was a nationally renowned activist and activist in the 1960s. He was the leader of the Communist Party of the United States and the Black Panther Party. Now a retired professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on feminism, African America, critical theory, Marxism, popular music and social consciousness, and the philosophy and history of punishment and prisons. She was banned from teaching at any university in California by Ronald Reagan in 1969 because of her membership in the Communist Party. He was tried for his alleged involvement in the kidnapping and murder of Soledad in Marin County, California, in August 1970. He was later acquitted. She was twice nominated as the vice presidential candidate of the United States by the Communist Party of the United States in the 1980s.