Angela Davis Quotes


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 Work 218
We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society. Angela Davis Society 165
Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other. Angela Davis Beings 110
To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women. Angela Davis Women 103
The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants have been those who attend all of the vigils, a relatively small number of people. Angela Davis Death 81
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. Angela Davis Work 74
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my people's struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism. Angela Davis Politics 55
You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take leadership from the youth and I guess I would say that this is what I'm attempting to do right now. Angela Davis Leadership 50
Well of course I get depressed sometimes, yes I do. Angela Davis Uncategorized 48
I'm suggesting that we abolish the social function of prisons. Angela Davis Uncategorized 46
We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death. Angela Davis death 36
I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers. Angela Davis Leadership 33
Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty. Angela Davis Death 33
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 Uncategorized 32
Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today. Angela Davis Leadership 28
In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable. Angela Davis Uncategorized 28
Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer. Angela Davis Society 27
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 Politics 26
Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. Angela Davis Education 23

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