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Angela Davis

Angela DavisAKA Angela Yvonne Davis

Born: 26-Jan-1944
Birthplace: Birmingham, AL

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Bisexual
Occupation: Activist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Black Panther, teacher, professor

Radical activist, teacher, member of the Black Panthers and formerly active in the American Communist Party. Now a professor at UC Santa Cruz, and a lecturer on prison reform.

Father: B. Frank Davis (teacher)
Mother: Sallye Davis (teacher)
Sister: Fania Jordan
Brother: Reggie
Brother: Benjamin Davis
Husband: Hilton Braithwaite (m. 6-Jul-1980, div. 1983)

    High School: Elisabeth Irwin High School, New York City, NY
    University: Brandeis University
    University: MA, University of California at San Diego (1968)
    Professor: UCLA (1969-70)
    Lecturer: Claremont Colleges (1975)
    Professor: University of California at Santa Cruz (1991-2008)
    Professor: SUNY Stony Brook
    Teacher: San Francisco Art Institute

    Black Panther Party
    Communist Party USA Jul-1968
    Lenin Peace Prize 1979
    FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives 1970
    Evading Arrest arrested (13-Oct-1970), charge dropped
    Extradited from New York to California (Dec-1970)
    Murder 7-Aug-1970, acquitted 4-Jun-1972
    Kidnapping 7-Aug-1970, acquitted 4-Jun-1972
    Conspiracy 7-Aug-1970, acquitted 4-Jun-1972
    Traveled to the USSR 28-Aug-1972

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    13th (30-Sep-2016) · Herself
    Occupy Unmasked (21-Sep-2012) · Herself
    Free Angela and All Political Prisoners (9-Sep-2012) · Herself
    The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Feb-2011)
    The U.S. vs John Lennon (31-Aug-2006) · Herself
    Fidel (2-Aug-2001) · Herself


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