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Angela Davis

I think the importance of doin...

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement.

Angela Davis 131 quotes
Angela Davis

To understand how any society ...

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

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Angela Davis

I decided to teach because I t...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively.

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Angela Davis

Well for one, the 13th amendme...

Well for one, the 13th amendment to the constitution of the US which abolished slavery - did not abolish slavery for those convicted of a crime.

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Angela Davis

Poor people, people of color -...

Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.

Angela Davis 131 quotes
Angela Davis

Had it not been for slavery, t...

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

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Angela Davis

I think that has to do with my...

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all have a certain measure of responsibility to those who have made it possible for us to take advantage of the opportunities.

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Angela Davis

And I guess what I would say i...

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements for black liberation and we can't necessarily see this class division as simply a product or a certain strategy that black movements have developed for liberation.

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Angela Davis

I'm suggesting that we abolish...

I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons.

Angela Davis 131 quotes
Angela Davis

In a sense the quest for the e...

In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable.

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Angela Davis

My name became known because I...

My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.

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Angela Davis

Now, if we look at the way in ...

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today.

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Angela Davis

First of all, I didn't suggest...

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

Angela Davis 131 quotes
Angela Davis

Well, we see an increasingly w...

Well, we see an increasingly weaker labor movement as a result of the overall assault on the labor movement and as a result of the globalization of capital.

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Angela Davis

Yes, I think it's really impor...

Yes, I think it's really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement.

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Angela Davis

You can never stop and as olde...

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now.

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Angela Davis

As soon as my trial was over, ...

As soon as my trial was over, we tried to use the energy that had developed around my case to create another organization, which we called the National Alliance against Racist and Political Repression.

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Angela Davis

I grew up in the southern Unit...

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late '40's and early '50's was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.

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Angela Davis

That's true but I think the co...

That's true but I think the contemporary problem that we are facing increasing numbers of black people and other people of color being thrown into a status that involves work in alternative economies and increasing numbers of people who are incarcerated.

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Angela Davis

The campaign against the death...

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people.

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