Born: 1/26/1944 Birmingham, Alabama
Angela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author. She emerged as a prominent counterculture activist and radical in the 1960s as a leader of the Communist Party USA, and had close relations with the Black Panther Party through her involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Her interests included prisoner rights; she founded Critical Resistance, an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex.
Business / Schooling:
- Brandeis University, BA<br/>University of California, San Diego, MA<br/>Humboldt University, PhD
Awards / Achievements:
- She was twice a candidate for Vice President on the Communist Party USA ticket during the 1980s
