Angela Davis
Angela Davis is an American political activist, scholar, and author associated with Black liberation, prison abolition, and feminist movements.
A philosophy professor and Communist Party member, she gained international attention in the early 1970s when she was tried and acquitted on charges related to a courthouse shooting.
Her iconic afro and radical politics made her a symbol of Black Power and resistance: Free Angela Davis became a worldwide rallying cry.
Public expression of disapproval
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- Black Panther PartyRevolutionary socialist organization
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
march · grassroots · social change · human rights · abolitionist · resistance · movement · organizer
Interconnected identity-based discrimination study
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- liberationRelease from constraint
feminism · reproductive rights · gender studies · consciousness-raising · feminist theory · sisterhood · sexism · equal pay
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- MarxistCommunist theory follower
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
- militantAggressive cause supporter
dissident · agitator · leftist · abolitionist · progressive · anti-capitalist · political theory · structural change
Senior university teacher
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- sociologyStudy of human communities
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
- universityHigher education institution
tenure · seminar · dissertation · pedagogy · research · intellectual · thesis · humanities
First to forge ahead
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
- influentialHaving considerable effect
revolutionary · emblematic · renowned · celebrated · symbol · voice · visionary · role model
Self-penned life narrative
- writerCreator of texts
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
- memoirWritten personal recollection
manuscript · narrative · prose · editor · composition · lectures · speeches
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- civil rightsGuaranteed individual legal protections
- Black Panther PartyRevolutionary socialist organization
- advocacyPleading for a cause
demonstration · march · grassroots · social change · human rights · abolitionist · resistance · movement · organizer · solidarity
intersectionality
Interconnected identity-based discrimination study
- women's rightsLegal equality for females
- gender equalityEqual treatment regardless sex
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
liberation · feminism · reproductive rights · gender studies · consciousness-raising · feminist theory · sisterhood · sexism · equal pay · body autonomy
revolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
- Communist PartyMarxist-Leninist political organization
- MarxistCommunist theory follower
- socialistProponent of collective ownership
militant · dissident · agitator · leftist · abolitionist · progressive · anti-capitalist · political theory · structural change · transformational
professor
Senior university teacher
- philosophyStudy of fundamental truths
- sociologyStudy of human communities
- lecturerOne who teaches formally
university · tenure · seminar · dissertation · pedagogy · research · intellectual · thesis · humanities · critical theory
trailblazer
First to forge ahead
- inspirationSource of creative impulse
- legendUnverified traditional tale
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
influential · revolutionary · emblematic · renowned · celebrated · symbol · voice · visionary · role model · cultural icon
autobiography
Self-penned life narrative
- writerCreator of texts
- essayistAuthor of short prose
- publishingDistributing written works publicly
memoir · manuscript · narrative · prose · editor · composition · lectures · speeches
- notable womenRosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Eleanor Roosevelt, Florence Nightingale, Susan B. Anthony
- activistsactivist, Martin Luther King Jr., civil rights activists, protester, campaigner
- civil rightsequal protection, equal rights, Civil Rights Act, right to life, Voting Rights Act
- 70s Activismantiwar movement, Black Power, boycotts, Cesar Chavez, consciousness raising
- Black DiasporaAfrican American, African Americans, African diaspora, African heritage, African roots
- Black IntellectualismW.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, James Baldwin, double consciousness, HBCUs
Angela DavisJ. Edgar Hoover
Ronald Reagan · Barry Goldwater · George Wallace · Joseph McCarthy · Richard Nixon
Angela DavisRudy Giuliani
Angela DavisClarence Thomas
angel, angelic, David, evangelist, evangelical, evangelism, archangel, evangelize, angelically