What is Angela Davis known for?

Answer 1

Angela Davis is an American socialist, political activist, and retired professor. She was an activist during the Civil Rights Movement and was associated with the Black Panthers. In the 1970s, she was a target of COINTELPRO, and she was tried & acquitted of suspected involvement in the Soledad Brothers' abduction and murder of Judge Harold Haley. Also, she is known for being a candidate twice for Vice President on the US Communist Party ticket during the Reagan era.

She has identified herself as a Democratic Socialist. She is the founder of Critical Resistance, which is an organization that works to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She is an author, an educator, and an activist.