Angela Davis at Emerson College

Activist, author, and educator Angela Davis, who is known internationally for her work to combat oppression in the U.S. and abroad will present a keynote lecture on activism, popular music, and culture.

Davis has conducted extensive research on numerous issues related to race, gender, and imprisonment. She draws upon her own experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent 16 months in jail and on trial, after being placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List. During her incarceration, a massive international “Free Angela Davis” campaign was organized, leading to her acquittal in 1972.

Her work has focused on the range of social problems associated with incarceration and the generalized criminalization of those communities that are most affected by poverty and racial discrimination. Today, she is Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies Departments at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

This event is free and open to the public. First come, first served. Doors open at 6:30pm.