A young janitor’s role in thwarting an attempted bombing in 1958 is the latest addition to an Alabama oral history project ...

At night, she worked on her novels. By day, as an editor at Random House, she championed a new generation of writers.

A new biography about New Jersey native Marsha P. Johnson details how she inspired a revolution through her joy.

The chapter reflected ongoing tensions between feminists and civil rights leaders, with activist Angela Davis writing that Brownmiller's ... The civil rights movement changed her life. She joined the ...

Civil rights icon Angela Davis speaks at Auraria campus in Denver after 40 protestors arrested. ... Davis was heavily involved in the civil rights movement in the 1960s as a professor and activist.

Civil rights activist Angela Davis learns surprising genealogy on "Finding Your Roots" "That's a little too much to deal with right now," Davis said after receiving a big surprise from the show's host ...

Birmingham native and civil rights activist Angela Davis, known as a part of the Black Power movement of the early 1970s, was shocked to learn that she is descended from a passenger on the ...

Angela Davis (L), her sister Fania Davis (R) and Margaret Burnham (C) grew up together in Birmingham, Alabama — three titans of the civil rights movement gathered on a Halifax stage in late 2022 ...

Davis also spoke about the civil rights movement in the 1960s and pointed out how the leaders of the movement were all men. Still, the masterminds behind the scenes were women, Davis said.

Civil rights and prison abolition activist Angela Davis shared her thoughts on racism in the criminal justice system and the modern-day Black Lives Matter movement. Skip to Content ... Davis said she ...