Angela Davis

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Angela Y. Davis is a political activist, scholar, author, and speaker. She is an outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, writing on Black liberation, prison abolition, the intersections of race, gender, class, and international solidarity with Palestine. She is the author of several books, including Freedom is a Constant Struggle, Women, Race, and Class, and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is the subject of the acclaimed documentary Free Angela and All Political Prisoners and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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BY THE RENOWNED FREEDOM FIGHTER AND ADVOCATE FOR INTERSECTIONAL, ABOLITIONIST FEMINISM FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS: Angela Y. Davis's pioneering work has influenced a generation of scholars, activists, and advocates in countless struggles for justice.

ONE OF TIME'S 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN 2020: In TIME's "100 Women of the Year" edition, which covered the 100 years that began with women's suffrage in 1920, Angela Y. Davis was named "Woman of the Year" for 1971 in a profile written by Ibram X. Kendi.

AN UNACKNOWLEDGED CLASSIC FIRST PUBLISHED AND EDITED BY TONI MORRISON IN 1974: Until now, Angela Y. Davis's autobiography has had limited trade distribution—this updated version features a reflective and revelatory new introduction by Davis that will appeal to today's generations of readers and activists.

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“An activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legend.”
—Ibram X. Kendi

This beautiful new edition of Angela Davis’s classic Autobiography features an expansive new introduction by the author.

“I am excited to be publishing this new edition of my autobiography with Haymarket Books at a time when so many are making collective demands for radical change and are seeking a deeper understanding of the social movements of the past.” —Angela Y. Davis

*Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, *An Autobiography is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction, Angela Davis’s autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time.