1. Angela Davis and Civil Rights
Unlike many, she grew up in a middle class neighborhood in a nicer area of town. ... This gave her an advantage to learn more at an early age thus enhancing her rather radical political views. After high school, she went on to become an honors student at Brandeis University in Massachusetts from 1961-1965. Over a thousand miles away, the Birmingham Church bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church had a powerful impact on her because she knew the 4 girls that were killed in the bombing. ... She set out to do what few had done before her and did so with power and force rarely ever seen from A...
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