BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It began with an honor, and then came the insult. A prominent civil rights institution decided to honor Angela Davis, and Birmingham’s well-heeled prepared to celebrate in ...

Capping off this year's festival as part of the city's African American Heritage Month, political activist Angela Davis will grace the red carpet for the L.A. premiere of her life story on film.

Angela Davis was a Black revolutionary professor when California Gov. Ronald Reagan fired her from UCLA in 1969 — and catapulted her onto ... she appears at crucial moments in Baby Boomer history.

Many Americans today will have to Google Angela Davis just to learn who she is. For Baby Boomers such as myself, however, Davis symbolized the political radicalism of the 1960s and early 1970s. As ...

Political activist Angela Davis has been a truth seeker for her entire career. In a Feb. 21 episode of "Finding Your Roots," Davis learns the truth about some of her family’s lingering mysteries.” ...

Angela Davis (left) visits the plaza during the General Strike of Occupy Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Wednesday, November 2, 2011. Liz Hafalia/The Chronicle Meaning of Freedom, by Angela Y. Davis ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — It began with an honor, and then came the insult. A prominent civil rights institution decided to honor Angela Davis, and Birmingham’s well-heeled prepared to celebrate in ...

To be an activist, or, more specifically, to be Angela Davis, is to be a polarizing figure, misunderstood and detested and beloved all at once. Even in her own hometown. A prominent civil rights ...