Creative Quotations from . . .
Angela Davis
(1944-____) born on
Jan 26
US political activist, revolutionary, author. She was on the FBI's ten most-wanted list, 1970; wrote her autobiography, 1974.
         
   
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F
Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.

R
[H]uman beings cannot be willed and molded into nonexistence.
A
Radical simply means "grasping things at the root."
N
What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
K
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain tension between the requirement that position be taken on current issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions will somehow survive the ravages of time.
 


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "Women, Culture, and Politics," "Art on the Frontline," 1985.
R: In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
A: "Let Us All Rise Together," address, Spellman College, 25 Jun 1987.
N: Speech, 1967.
K: "Women, Culture and Politics," Introduction, 1989.
 

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