È impegnata da sempre nei movimenti per la giustizia sociale in giro per il mondo, con un accento particolare sull’importanza della battaglia per la giustizia economica, razziale e di genere. La sua carriera accademica l’ha portata alla San Francisco State University, al Mills College e a UC Berkeley. Più recentemente ha trascorso quindici anni alla University of California Santa Cruz dove è ora Distinguished Professor Emerita di History of Consciousness e Feminist Studies. Angela Davis ha scritto dieci libri e ha tenuto conferenze negli Stati Uniti, in Europa, Africa, Asia, Australia e in Sudamerica. Il suo ultimo libro uscito in Italia è
Autobiografia di una rivoluzionaria (minimum fax 2016).
Through her activism and scholarship over many decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in movements for social justice around the world. Her work as an educator has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and gender justice. Professor Davis’ teaching career has taken her to San Francisco State University, Mills College, and UC Berkeley. She also has taught at UCLA, Vassar, Syracuse University the Claremont Colleges, and Stanford University. Most recently she spent fifteen years at the University of California Santa Cruz where she is now Distinguished Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness and of Feminist Studies. Angela Davis is the author of ten books and has lectured throughout the United States as well as in Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and South America.
