...discussing the life of Angela Davis as an activist for civil rights and the sentencing of her involvement with a shoot-out. I found this woman on the LIFE Magazine Archives, “Winners and Losers”, Up, down and around the dice roll for ’72 on page 56. I will give a brief background on her life, then follow it with a secondary source, which comes from several primary sources to create an overview of a situation, and it tells us how the shoot-out happened. I will then analyze a primary source, which gives information by the person themselves or from a source in that time, where Davis is in an interview explaining her thoughts through the period of the shootout and the sentencing after it. The LIFE Magazine Archive, it gives us a small insight on Davis’ life as one of the “Ten Most Wanted”, for the shoot-out in 1970, in Marin County, California, courthouse. Davis, a black activist, Communist, and philosophy instructor, was imprisoned for “the part she allegedly played” (pg.56) in the shootout, for fifteen months. Finally, after...
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...Angela Davis is an activist, scholar and a writer who advocates for the oppressed. She has wrote several books including Women and Culture & Politics. Angela Davis where born on Angela Davis, born on January 26, 1944, in Birmingham, Alabama. She became a master scholar who studied at the Sorbonne. She joined the U.S. communist party and was jailed for charges related to a prison outbreak, though ultimately cleared. She is also known for books like Women, Race & Class. She has worked as professor and activist who advocates gender equity, prison reform and alliances across color lines. Angela Davis is best known as a radical African- American educator and activist for civil rights and other social issues. As a child she knew about racial prejudice from her discrimination growing. When she was a teenager she went to Elisabeth Irwin High School. Angela Davis parents are Sallye Davis and Frank Davis. She has one sister her name is Fania Davis. Her father was a service station and her mother was an elementary school teacher and she also was in the National Association for the Advancement of colored people. She also has two brother their name are Ben Davis and Reginald Davis. As a teenager she moved to New York City with her mother who was pursuing a Master degree at New York University. She organized an...
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...Robert Birt May 5, 2015 Free Angela Angela Davis was a Civil Rights Activist that had a lot of impact in United States. She fought for the oppressed and the struggle for Black people. Angela was born on January 26, 19444 in Birmingham Alabama. She already had knowledge of racial discrimination due to growing up in her home town. She was friends with some of the girls who died in the Birmingham church bombing of 1963. She later moved to Massachusetts where she attended Brandeis University. There she studied philosophy and became a master scholar. As a graduate student she attended University of California. Soon after she became a part of several groups, Black Panthers being one but most of her time was devoted to an African American communist group Che-Lumumba Club. Davis got a job teaching at University of California. The administration found out about her relationship with communism. She was then fired, but she fought them in court and got her job back. Davis had become a strong supporter of the Soledad prisoners. Three inmates who were not related, there were John W. Cluchette, Fletta Drumgo and George Lester Jackson. They were accused of killing a prison guard. Many thought they were being accused because of their political beliefs and work. In August 1970 during Jacksons trial an escape attempt was made and several people in the court room were killed. Davis was being convicted of being apart of what happened since the guns were...
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...April 9, 2012 Dr. April Mcray LIT 2110 Angela Davis, the daughter of an automobile mechanic and a schoolteacher, was born in Birmingham, Alabama, on 26th January 1944. Davis was brought up in an all white neighborhood where segregation was seen in every part of her life. She learned at an early age about racism and the implications that came along with being black. Her high school and college years were filled with many accomplishments. In high school Davis got the opportunity to study at Elizabeth Irwin High School in New York City where she gained an interest in both socialist and communist philosophies. Davis's scholastic achievements earned her a scholarship to Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. After graduating she became joined the Black Panthers, the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and Ron Karenga's US-Organization. In 1968 she became a member of the Communist Party. (Encyclopedia of World Biography) Angela Davis life took a tragic turn for the worse when she became a public figure for being on the Federal Bureau of Investigation "most wanted Oats 2 criminals" list. On August 7, 1970 Davis was tied to a murder of four individuals who had been gunned down in a Marin County Hall of Justice Courtroom. The guns used in the crime were registered in Davis’s name. According to Davis became only the third woman in history to appear on the FBI's “Top Ten Most Wanted List”. Davis went into hiding for two months but then was arrested...
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...Black Woman Involved in the Black Power Movement Angela Davis HIU 301 Samantha Wilson December 4, 2013 There has been many civil rights movements throughout African American history, but none has gotten the most attention as the black power movement in the 1960s.Although we only hear about men during these periods there would not have been so much success without the women. The women were the real grassroots of the movement, but did not get as much recognition. When did the black power movement start? Many people are not sure, but the black power movement can be traced as far back to the 1920s with the Marcus Garvey movement, and his formation of the Universal Negro Improvement Association. The Universal Negro Improvement Association were followers of Marcus Garvey. Marcus Garvey was the first person to organize masses of black people, because he was very influential, he was able to attain that goal.1 The Marcus Garvey’s UNIA had the same goals like the black power, such as self-determination, self-pride, and unity. The UNIA slowly died down once Marcus Garvey became ill and subsequently died. 2 A couple of years after the UNIA died down, there were a couple of protests and marches such as the Meredith march and the march on Washington with A. Phillip Randolph and later Dr Martin Luther King. These marches did get some attention, but not the attention that the people desperately craved for.1 When you think of the black...
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...Black Feminism Michelle Smith African American History Winter Quarter 2010 Purdue University Instructor: Professor Wilkens Introduction When the Black Feminist movement was developed, it was a revolution for black women. It gave them power, liberation, and a voice to overcome the emasculating efforts of white male power (Harrold, Hine, and Hine, 2009). When I first began this research, I discovered that Black Feminism is too broad of a topic to elaborate on as a whole. This paper defines the term “Black Feminism. It will explore two published articles that report on the theory and practice of how black feminism is making waves and what role of education in the development of the Black Feminist Thought from 1860 to 1920. This paper will examine when the National Black Feminist Organization was founded and lastly, how two outstanding women who made an impact in the Black Feminist Movement. According to Encyclo (n.d.) online encyclopedia the definition of black feminism is “A strand of feminist thought which highlights the multiple disadvantages of gender, class and race that shape the experiences of nonwhite women. Black feminists reject the idea of a single unified gender oppression that is experienced evenly by all women, and argue that early feminist analysis reflected the specific concerns of white, middle-class women.” In other words, black feminist argue that the liberation of black women entails freedom for all people since it would require the end of...
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...Poly science 21 Review on place of rage A Place Of Rage is a documentary focused on two African American women both June Jordan and Angela Davis, who were civil rights activists both in the 60’s and 70’s. The film focuses on the struggles, hopes, and hardships of what life was like back then in the 60’s and 70’s. It was tough for them because racism played a strong role during that time period. They would refuse service’s to blacks for instance restrooms would not be allowed, if you wanted water they would refuse to give it to you it was a terrible time. The Basic needs were not gained they had to be fought to gain them. The African American’s couldn’t take it anymore and soon enough the Black Panther party was born. The Black Panther party said that it would defend the black community and it would not put up with police crime. That brought so many blacks together and that’s when Angela Davis and June Jordan join the Black Panther party. Alice walker says that”people of any color really have to know there history and past because they don’t want to repeat it. They want to build on it better than what there ancestors had if it can be. One way of making sure it is better is to know all the bad things that you don’t want to do over”. June Jordan said that things changed because we made them change. As an African American male I Through the struggles and hardships as we African American man and women face, we are in this world and it is a vine of a broken leave the we will...
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...Chicano movement, and the civil rights movement provide empowerment for women? Include a specific example from each of the three movements to indicate how each movement provided women with a voice. Incorporate specific connections to the Unit 7 reading material as part of your response; include APA formatting (citations and references) to support your points. 1. American Indian Movement (AIM) Native American women participated extensively in the militant activism of their people in the late 1960s and 1970s. They were assisted and supported by the American Indian Movement. Female leaders with significant roles, such as, Lanada Means and Wilma Mankiller emerged during this time. A group of Women activists issued a communication that called for federal policies to ensure tribal rights and sovereignty and to improve Native American health and education. (DuBois & Dumenil pg. 692) 2. Chicano Movement Hispanic American in general resented the argument that Mexican American had to remain family oriented without being involved in the political struggle. “Many criticized what they saw as the Chicano movement’s emphasis on machismo, arguing that it undermined women’s ability to participate in the struggle for racial pride and justice.” (DuBois & Dumenil pg. 688) Just like the American Indian Movement, the Chicano movement produced significant female leaders like, Anna Nieto-Gomez. They were also heavily involved in militant activist groups like the “Brown Berets”...
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...trying to comprehend how did this vain- worded sentence with forty-six words abolished slavery...?!Whether they fully planned how this amendment could one day be violated I’m not sure, but surely “for those convicted of a crime” wasn’t unintentionally just put there for any reason. It seems that the mass incarceration and the creating of a labor workforce was thought and established long before people knew what it truly meant. In my opinion the 13th Amendment was a claimed law written by those who seemed to “care” about social equality yet failed to boldly protect the rights of African- American...
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...the social gap between white and nonwhite Americans. Accessibility to education, jobs, and housing are all directly affected by societal inconsistencies of privilege and power. Ultimately, racism isn’t caused by white privilege; white privilege is caused by racism. Yet racism isn't a problem that resides in the minds of individuals; it lies rooted deep in our social institutions. It is necessary we reconstruct the societal ideologies of race and class to expel this self-perpetuating cycle. In this essay I will address these racial struggles for power and privilege, the role it plays in education, and my personal experience towards racism and how it has affected me as a person. Privilege, as defined by Websters Dictionary, is a ‘special right, advantage, or immunity available only to a particular person or group’. In that sense, privilege is in and of itself a direct opposition to equality. Alongside this privilege comes power-the ability to coerce another’s behavior-with access to social, political and economic resources. In systems of oppression, power accrues to those who most greatly resemble the mythical...
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...instills fear in potential criminals. They also hold that those convicted despite their race actually did the crime they are convicted for. Some countries like Canada and New Zealand do not believe in the administration of death penalty as a means of punishment. Therefore, until today there is no agreed provision used by the judiciary to reach at a decision of such cases. United States, China and Japan among other countries believe that death penalty is a favorable sentence. United States has authorized death penalty in most federal governments, including the military. Some of the methods used in death penalty include the electric chair. Most of these procedures used in death penalty have been considered to be violating constitutional rights. Though fewer legislatures have been made to change these procedures, death penalty should be abolished. This is the position that is appropriate and offer should be supported. It is a racist tool of criminal punishment. Evidences explaining the reasons against this issue are clearly highlighted in the issue. The arguments behind the support of death penalty as a criminal punishment tool are at no point strong enough to be supported. Abolition is the only option. As an indicator, the number of countries abolishing this type of punishment has increased. This shows the support of the view that death penalty should be abolished is on the rise. This has been...
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...economic development? I definitely agree with this statement that was made in the text. There is so much of tax payer’s money that goes to the prison system its unnecessary, that money can be put so something useful like improving the education system, providing jobs for the less fortunate. “Slavery, lynching and segregation are certainly compelling examples of social institutions, like prison, were once considered to be as everlasting as the sun.” In the article Angela Davis states “What is the relationship between these historical expressions of racism and the role of the prison system today?” I believe history plays a major role in the prison system and also in our daily lives. It is hard being a young black male it seems as it the prison system was built for them and making a bad impression on us as black people as if we are all ignorant and violent. I have been an ongoing fight to formulate equality for all but since slavery it has been nothing but negativity towards blacks. It is getting better with past civil rights activists that paved the way for betterment of the African American population. ...
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...Feminism refers to political, cultural, and economic movements aimed at establishing greater rights, legal protection for women, and or women's liberation. It includes some of the sociological theories and philosophies concerned with issues of gender difference. Nancy Cott defines feminism as the belief in the importance of gender equality, invalidating the idea of gender hierarchy as a socially constructed concept. Feminism has earned itself a bad reputation, but it never undermined gender differences that exist between males and females. A man can never be as good a mother as a female can. Similarly, a woman can never be as good a father as a male can. While accepting these anatomical and physiological differences between the two genders, feminism seeks for both genders to be equally respected. They are both human and as a species, humans cannot progress without either one of them. Maggie Humm and Rebecca Walker divide the history of feminism into three waves. The first wave transpired in the nineteenth and early twentieth century’s, the second occurred in the 1960s and 1970s, and the third extends from the 1990s to the present. In each wave of the movement, though men have taken part in significant responses to feminism, the relationship between men and feminism has been complex. Historically, a number of men have engaged with feminism. Philosopher Jeremy Bentham demanded equal rights for women in the eighteenth century. In 1866, philosopher John Stuart Mill presented a women's...
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...Over our country’s young existence, the democracy that America is so proud of has often had flaws, hypocrisy being one of them, that can be illustrated in many ways. The hypocrisy that can be inexplicable at times, is illustrated in some of the realities depicted in the following articles and film clips described. W.E.B. DuBois describes the phenomenon where after the Civil War, there was still a great divide. It was even physical where different demographics of the white population and the black population in the south would live based on “social grades common to all communities” (DuBois Ch. 9). Though one difference is that the “best of the whites and the best of the Negroes almost never live in anything like close proximity” (DuBois Ch. 9). In the South after the Civil War, the African-Americans were often taken advantage of. The Crop-Lien system, which was a credit system for farmers to obtain supplies and food from local store keepers, took advantage of the black farmers. DuBois describes how if they weren’t able to pay their debt, then the storekeeper would just take what they feel is owed to them without any warrant or law to back them up. This would leave many black farmers in debt and stuck at the bottom of the economic ladder. When it came to politics, many black people felt that why should they bother. If “reputable men leave politics alone”, then “politics becomes disreputable” (DuBois Ch. 9). They felt that the laws were created by people who had no...
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...people differently because of their name, appearance, beliefs, and any personal trait they have. Merrian-Webster defines profiling, as the act or process of extrapolating information about a person based on known traits or tendencies. (Profiling, 2013) In my opinion, most people do some sort of racial profiling on a daily basis. It may be something as simple as locking your door when you drive through a bad part of town. This does not make you a bad person because statistics may prove that where you are driving does typically have a higher crime rate, but does it make it right? Quoting statistics at this time is not going to open any eyes or prove any points. At this time, I would just like to discuss the different points of view on profiling in general, where racial profiling is or is not the reason for the high minority incarceration rate. Everyone knows that the NAACP and other human rights activist are against any...
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