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Angela Davis

1944 - Today

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Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author. She is Distinguished Professor Emerita of Feminist Studies and History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Davis was a longtime member of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and a founding member of the Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism (CCDS). She was active in movements such as the Occupy movement and the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Angela Davis is the 66th most popular social activist (down from 43rd in 2019), the 667th most popular biography from United States (down from 384th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Social Activist.

Angela Davis is most famous for her involvement in the Black Panther Party and the Communist Party, her activism, and her release from prison.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Angela Davis ranks 66 out of 840. Before her are Syed Ahmad Khan, Kim Hyong-jik, Gerald Durrell, Carl von Ossietzky, Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, and Túpac Amaru II. After her are Alexey Stakhanov, Jody Williams, Mustafa Barzani, José Rizal, Emilia Plater, and Yun Chi-ho.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Angela Davis ranks 39. Before her are Nǃxau ǂToma, Sepp Maier, Jacqueline Bisset, Vojislav Koštunica, Larry Ellison, and Sali Berisha. After her are Frank Sinatra Jr., Tony Scott, Yoweri Museveni, Alan Parker, Ulrich Beck, and Ibrahim Rugova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Angela Davis ranks 667 out of 20,380. Before her are Chuck Jones (1912), Clyde Tombaugh (1906), Bill Hewlett (1913), George Herbert Mead (1863), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), and Tennessee Williams (1911). After her are Edwin Stanton (1814), Burton Richter (1931), Harold Lloyd (1893), William E. Moerner (1953), Kamala Harris (1964), and Richard Bach (1936).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Angela Davis ranks 10. Before her are Helen Keller (1880), Rosa Parks (1913), W. E. B. Du Bois (1868), Emily Greene Balch (1867), Margaret Sanger (1879), and Harriet Tubman (1820). After her are Jody Williams (1950), Jimmy Hoffa (1913), Jane Addams (1860), Lee Radziwill (1933), John Brown (1800), and Betty Ford (1918).

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