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7 Angela Davis Quotes We Need in 2021

So much of Angela Davis's work is still relevant and urgent now

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When you think of the Black Panther Party or Black women revolutionaries, one of the images that likely comes to mind is of Angela Davis and her giant, unapologetic afro, fist raised to the sky.

One of the foremost activists and revolutionaries of the time, Angela Davis is a blueprint for race theory and radical politics. Long before Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term "intersectionality," Angela Davis was living it.

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6 Major Takeaways from Ava DuVernay's Vanity Fair Interview with Angela Davis

As part of Vanity Fair's September issue, Ava DuVernay and Angela Davis discussed changing the world.

Ava DuVernay and Angela Davis are two of the most influential voices of our current moment.

Today, a transcript of a conversation between them was released, and it's as moving and mobilizing as you might expect.

The conversation will be published in the September issue of Vanity Fair, as part of a special issue entitled The Great Fire. The issue features Breonna Taylor on the cover and was guest-edited by Ta-Nehisi Coates, who also wrote the cover story, an interview with Breonna Taylor's mother.

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"Prisons do not disappear social problems, they disappear human beings."

Kim Kardashian has released the trailer for her forthcoming documentary, Kim Kardashian West: The Justice Project.

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