First and only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the U.S. by international icon Angela Davis.

Angela Y. Davis is Professor Emerita of History of Consciousness at the University of California and author of many books including Women, Race and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? She is a much sought after public speaker and internationally known feminist scholar, prison abolitionist, and advocate for social justice.

Robin D.G. Kelley is a professor of History, American Studies and Ethnicity at USC. From 2003-2006, he was the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia University. From 1994–2003, he was a professor of history and Africana Studies at NYU. He is the author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original and Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination.

Contents

Foreword by Robin D. G. Kelly

1. Report from Harlem
September 9, 1994

2. The Prison Industrial Complex
May 5, 1997

3. Race, Crime & Punishment
November 16, 1999

4. Race, Power, and Prisons Since 9/11
March 1, 2002

5. Radical Multiculturalism
March 1, 2005

6. Abolition Democracy
December 2, 2005

7. Racism: Then & Now
April 17, 2007

8.The Meaning of Freedom
February 15, 2008

9. Justice for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender communities
February 24, 2008

10. Recognizing Racism in the Era of Neoliberalism
March 18, 2008

11. Black History Month
February 2, 2009

12. Difficult Dialogues
November 12, 2009

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