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A collection of 2,800 full-length African American videotaped oral histories that is continually growing. It includes video and fully searchable transcripts created by The HistoryMakers through their interviews with African American leaders across a broad range of disciplines and subject areas, including Art, Civics, Education, Law, Religion, STEM, and more. These testimonies illuminate the stories of African American men and women living in the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries who have made important contributions to America and the world.

Angela Davis Arrested in N. Y.; Was On Ten Most Wanted List
Angela Davis Ephemera Collection
Angela Davis on Not Endorsing Any Presidential Candidate (Democracy Now) [MARCH 28, 2016]
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"In a Women’s History Month special, we speak with author, activist and scholar Angela Davis. For more than four decades, Davis has been one of most influential activists and intellectuals in the United States. An icon of the 1970s black liberation movement, Davis’ work around issues of gender, race, class and prisons has influenced critical thought and social movements across several generations."
Angela Davis on Resisting Trump (Democracy Now) [JANUARY 27, 2017]
Angela Davis speaking at UCLA 10/8/1969
Angela Davis speech: "Women and the Struggle Against Racism"
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at National Organization for Women: California Statewide Convention, May 1987. Vt-314.3. VHS. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Angela Davis speech: 'Relationship Among Racism, Birth Control, and Reproductive Rights'
Angela Y. Davis Papers. Angela Davis and Dolores Huerta speech (May 30, 1987)
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National Organization for Women: California Statewide Convention, May 30, 1987. Vt-314.9. VHS. Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
Black People in Defense of Angela Yvonne Davis Racial Matters
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Digitized FBI Files under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) via the National Archives.
Davis, Angela Y. (CRDL)
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Florida Memory - Angela Davis (1979)
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"Civil rights leader Angela Davis speaks at Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University's Black History Month convocation. Her remarks include statements on human rights, political prisoners, apartheid, education, health care, black poverty and the civil rights movement. There are several edits and some audio distortion. The film gives additional footage of Ms. Davis expanding on the topics from her speech. Produced by WFSU-TV."
Frontline: Interview with Angela Davis
In Depth with Angela Davis (C-Span) [OCTOBER 3, 2004]
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"Ms. Davis talked about her career as an author and activist. She spoke about her political experiences, as well as her writings on culture, gender, and race. She spoke about her latest book, Are Prisons Obsolete? published by Open Media. A video clip of her office was shown. Ms. Davis also responded to viewer telephone calls, faxes, and electronic mail."
Speech delivered at the Embassy Auditorium (June 9, 1972)
WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Angela Davis speaking at Wheat Street Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, 1972 August 25
“Terrorism is Part of Our History” (Democracy Now) [SEPTEMBER 16, 2013]
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Angela Davis on ’63 Church Bombing, Growing up in “Bombingham”

Angela Davis: Interview from Jail

Greenwood, IN: Jan 1, 1972.

This video is an interview with Angela Davis about the Black Panther Party and violence during the fight for civil rights.

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Book Sources: Angela Y. Davis

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African-American Philosophers: 17 Conversations by George Yancy
Call Number: B944.A37 A37 1998
ISBN: 0415921007
Angela Davis/ -- an autobiography by Angela Davis
Call Number: E185.97.D23 A3 1988
ISBN: 0717806677
Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: New York : Random House, [1974].
The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings by James Baldwin
Call Number: PS3552.A45 C76 2010
ISBN: 0307378829
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
Call Number: JC571 .D33275 2016
ISBN: 9781608465644
The Modern African American Political Thought Reader by Angela Jones (Editor)
Call Number: E185 .J648 2013
ISBN: 0415895731
From David Walker to Barack Obama
Voices of the Women's Health Movement by Barbara Seaman (Editor)
Call Number: RA564.85 .V65 2012
ISBN: 9781609804442
"Explores a range of health topics concerning women, from reproductive rights to motherhood, and details the history of the women's health movement through essays and speeches by prominent women's health advocates."

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