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12022-01-26T01:43:53+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49Free Angela - How did Angela Davis Inspire A Movement2plain2023-10-16T20:43:11+00:00Black LiberationMovement LeadersGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/First Lecture Royce Hall 1969_thumb.jpeg2022-01-25T23:01:53+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a491969 UCLA philosophy department hired Angela Davis1She was mentored by Herbert Marcuse, a Marxists thinker who was hugely influential during this era. Un undercover agent exposed her membership to the Communist party and while the Regents fired her, the courts promptly reinstated her. She gave her first lecture at UCLA in October of 1969. 2000 students attended the lecture.media/First Lecture Royce Hall 1969.jpegplain2022-01-25T23:01:53+00:00October 1969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Protest march to City Hall 1969- LAPD attacked Black Panther Headquarters_thumb.jpeg2022-01-26T01:07:35+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49December 1969 LAPD attack on the Black Panther Headquarter "one of the biggest shootouts in American History"- La Times1Angela Davis led a protest march to LA City Hall and spoke from the stepsmedia/Protest march to City Hall 1969- LAPD attacked Black Panther Headquarters.jpegplain2022-01-26T01:07:35+00:00December 1969Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/FBI Wanted Poster Angela Davis_thumb.jpeg2022-09-26T19:08:14+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49FBI Wanted Poster Angela Davis, Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 19821FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) wanted poster for Angela Yvonne Davis. The poster features two pictures of Davis as well as descriptive information about her physical features. The poster also details information about why she is wanted by the FBI. The back of the poster has a list of addresses and telephone numbers of the FBI special agents who should be contacted with any information.media/FBI Wanted Poster Angela Davis.jpegplain2022-09-26T19:08:14+00:001960s20191011An FBI wanted poster for Angela Yvonne Davis. Edited for PII2012.60.82014-0072Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture.The Smithsonian continues to research information on its collections. Contact Smithsonian for current status.Lisa AckermanGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
1media/Angela Davis Salute_thumb.jpeg2022-08-29T20:29:52+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49In the 1970s, Davis was a fugitive on the FBI's most-wanted list. Once caught, she faced the death penalty in California but was later acquitted on all charges.1Angela Davis raises her fist to give her power salute as she sits in the courtroom at Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, Ca., on March 16, 1971. (AP Photo)media/Angela Davis Salute.jpegplain2022-08-29T20:29:52+00:00197119710316000000+0000Angela Davis raises her fist to give her power salute as she sits in the courtroom at Marin Civic Center in San Rafael, Ca., on March 16, 1971. Davis, who is accused of supplying some of the weapons used in a shoot-out during an attempted escape of prisoners at the Marin County Courthouse, is waiting for her court hearing to start after it was postponed because of bomb threats. In the fall of 1970, she was on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List. (AP Photo)DAVIS COURT HEARING 1971ASAN RAFAELUSAAPHS104AP1971 APXNBGDavis;R25662;CALIFORNIAGina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49