Author: Angela Davis

Quotes

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.

- Angela Davis

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the same time it's perhaps far more terrible than it's ever been.

- Angela Davis

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.

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

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

To understand how any society functions you must understand the relationship between the men and the women.

- Angela Davis

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty.

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

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death.

- Angela Davis

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.

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

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago is going to allow you to sort of live on the laurels of those victories for the rest of your life.

- Angela Davis

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