Angela Davis Was Born January 26, 1944, In Birmingham, Alabama.
On June 5, 1972, Angela Davis Was Acquitted Of Complicity In A Plot To Free Three San Quintin Prisoners From A Marin County, California Courthouse.
During The Escape Attempt, Four People Had Been Killed. Because The Guns Were Registered To Davis, The FBI Put Her On Its Ten Most Wanted List.
The FBI Tracked Her Down, Charged Her With Conspiracy, Kidnapping And Murder. She Sat In Jail 16 Months Awaiting Trial.
The Angela Davis Trial Was One Of The Most Infamous Courtroom Dramas In Contemporary American History. The Politically Outspoken, Self-Avowed Communist Had Earlier Been Fired From Her Job As A Professor Of Philosophy At UCLA.
Davis Ran Twice For Vice President As The Communist Party Candidate. She Was Also A Recipient Of The Lenin Peace Prize. Today She Is A Teacher, Lecturer And Writer.
"In Order For Black History To Live, We Must Continue To Breathe Life Into It." -- Hubert Gaddy, Jr.
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