Well of course there's been a great deal of progress over the last 40 years. We don't have laws that segregate black people within the society any longer.

Quote by Angela Davis

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I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to...

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

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

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

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the...

Racism is a much more clandestine, much more hidden kind of phenomenon, but at the...

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago...

But at the same time you can't assume that making a difference 20 years ago...

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

When Bush says democracy, I often wonder what he's referring to.

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary's life. When one...

Revolution is a serious thing, the most serious thing about a revolutionary's life. When one...

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved...

Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved...

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

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

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens...

Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens...

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements...

And I guess what I would say is that we can't think narrowly about movements...

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants...

The campaign against the death penalty has been - while a powerful campaign, its participants...

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all...

I think that has to do with my awareness that in a sense we all...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to...

I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in...

Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in...

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take...

You can never stop and as older people, we have to learn how to take...

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to...

It's true that it's within the realm of cultural politics that young people tend to...

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the...

Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the...