Angela Davis Black Panther
Angela Davis In the United States, women have been fighting for equal rights ever since the inception of the constitution and its democratic policies. ... Although, women gained the privilege of voting, the black woman was put on the “back burner” for equal rights. Black women particularly had a difficult time fighting for equal rights, because they had two “strikes” against them; they were women, and more importantly, they were black. ... Freedom fighters such as Assata Shakur, Elaine Brown, and Ella Baker were instrumental in the struggle for equal rights for blacks; however, Angela Davis emerged from this pack of activists as the most infamous of them all. Angela Davis was born January 26, 1944, to Sally E. Davis, who was an educator, and B. ... Angela Davis was born in Birmingham, Alabama, during a time of great political unrest and racism. ... Angela Davis had an extensive background in activism. Her parents had many Communist friends, and this influence prompted young Angela to join a youth Communist group. At age 15, Angela Davis left Birmingham to attend Elizabeth Irwin School in New York City. Unlike the segregated schools she attended in Alabama with inferior resources and curriculum, Irwin High provided Angela with new politically aggressive views. After completing high school, Angela Davis attended Brandeis University in Massachusetts from 1961-1965, where she would eventually graduate with honors. In 1963, Angela Davis’s political involvement intensified, when four girls whom Davis knew while she was in Birmingham were killed in the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham.