Angela Davis
Quotations
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“Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work.” -Angela Davis
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“To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.” -Angela Davis
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“To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.” -Angela Davis
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“Yes, I think it’s really important to acknowledge that Dr. King, precisely at the moment of his assassination, was re-conceptualizing the civil rights movement and moving toward a sort of coalitional relationship with the trade union movement.” -Angela Davis
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“It’s true that it’s within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to work through political issues, which I think is good, although it’s not going to solve the problems.” -Angela Davis
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“I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late ’40’s and early ’50’s was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival.” -Angela Davis
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“I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.” -Angela Davis
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“My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.” -Angela Davis
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“Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.” -Angela Davis
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“We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.” -Angela Davis
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