14 Vintage Photos Of Angela Davis, Firebrand Activist And Feminist Powerhouse

“This moment holds possibilities for change we have never before experienced in this country,” activist and academic Angela Davis has said of the global protests sparked by the murder of George Floyd on 25 May. And Davis should know, she’s been fighting for the rights of the black community in the US for decades.Davis, who grew up in segregated Alabama, was part of the Black Panthers and the Communist Party.

Now 76, Davis is a professor emerita at the University of California in Santa Cruz, and still fighting for the causes she believes in. Below, 14 vintage photos of an icon of feminism and the civil rights movement.

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