Angela Davis: An Autobiography.

Davis, Angela Y

Published by Random House, New York, 1974

About this Item

First edition of this classic autobiography by "activist. An author. A scholar. An abolitionist. A legendā (Ibram X. Kendi). Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author in the year of publication on the title page, "To Brandy, In Struggle, Angela Y. Davis 11/18/74." Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Jack Ribik. Angela Davis has been a political activist at the cutting edge of the Black Liberation, feminist, queer, and prison abolitionist movements for more than 50 years. First published and edited by Toni Morrison in 1974, An Autobiography is a powerful and commanding account of her early years in struggle. Davis describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, to one of the most significant political trials of the century: from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S. Communist Party, the Black Panther Party, and the Soledad Brothers; and from the faculty of the Philosophy Department at UCLA to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives. Told with warmth, brilliance, humor and conviction, Angela Davisā s autobiography is a classic account of a life in struggle with echoes in our own time.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Angela Davis: An Autobiography.
• Publisher: Random House, New York
• Publication Date: 1974
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Biography and Autobiography