#BlackHistoryStar: Angela Davis – Activist, Scholar, & Author
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Angela Davis is an activist, scholar and writer who advocates for the oppressed. She has authored several books, including Women, Culture & Politics.
Hired to teach at the University of California, Los Angeles, Davis ran into trouble with the school’s administration because of her association with communism. They fired her, but she fought them in court and got her job back. Davis still ended up leaving when her contract expired in 1970.
