Angela Davis: Freedom Is a Constant Struggle

Political activist Angela Y. Davis delivered her keynote address as Inouye chair at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in 2016.
Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. Over the years, she has been active as a student, teacher, writer, scholar, and activist/organizer. Professor Davis has lectured in all of the fifty United States, as well as in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and the former Soviet Union. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of nine books, including Angela Davis: An Autobiography; Women, Race, and Class; Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday; The Angela Y. Davis Reader; Are Prisons Obsolete?; a new edition of the Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass; and The Meaning of Freedom.
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Thank you for posting this Angela Y. Davis speech lecture. As an American Mix mother of a 3yr old and pregnant with the 2nd one comin'. I feel the need and the strength to find my education through this time working the graveyard shift at Fred Meyer in Oregon Portland. Thank you again

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The salience of Angela's message has only grown with time, along with our collective recognition and understanding of the interconnectedness of our freedom struggles, from Appalachia to Hawai'i to Palestine. Thank you for sharing. Aloha and solidarity from East Tennessee.