the answer to the question "who is angela davis?" varied greatly in the in the late 1960's and early '70s. to some, she was an admitted accused murderers. to other, she was one of the few americans speaking the truth about their country. both positions were galvanized whethe f.b.i. placed the former u.c.l.a. professor on the famed "ten- most-wanted" list. "the fact that i am now free. free from the fetters of prison. bares witness to our ability to force upon the enemies of oppression the defeat. the defeat they so rightfully deserve." she faced murder charges for two years withouthaving been at the murder scene. ucla fired her for being an admitted communist. but she was not defeated. angela davis is a strong- willed, educated, black woman with an unrelenting desire to speak for the oppressed. before her arrest, she rose to prominence as a decade of protests had conditioned many to become unafraid to demand change. but on august 18, 1970, davis' activism led her to become the third woman in history to be placed on the fbi's "most wa

in april, world-renowned social activist angela davis came to speak to students about a variety of social issues including what she called a "militarized police state." but let me say that it actually is exciting to reflect on all of the changes that have happened over the last half century. the lecture brought the support of many well-known social activists. every generation has an obligation to fight its struggles, and because of what angela did in the 60s and 70s, this generation doesn't have to do that! social activism is an attempt to seek justice from outside of the justice system. but is there movement within the justice system to right these wrongs? at the san josé independent police auditor's office, former superior court judge ladoris cordell is working to flush out racial biases in the police force. she says bias exists within all people, including police officers. there's explicit bias where people just up-front, "i hate you because of who you are." that's the explicit. and then there's the implicit. that's the kind of bias that's unconscious. you don't even know you have it.

signatories include scholars angela davis and cornel west, journalist mumia abu-jamal, hip hop artist talib kweli and black lives matter co-founder patrisse cullors. the statement endorses the boycotts, divestment and sanctions movement against israel. it specifically highlights private prison giant g4s as a target for the movement, because the company detains for profit palestinians in israel as well as people of color in the united states. newly released documents show numerous black lives matter -- have confirmed police in new york city attended numerous black lives matter protests while undercover and tracked the movements of individual activists. records obtained by the intercept show authorities circulated photographs and notes about the activities of anti-police brutality protesters, including jose lasalle, founder of the police watchdog copwatch patrol unit, and ray lewis, a former philadelphia police officer, turned activist. the records appear to provide the first documented evidence of the presence of undercover police at black lives matter rallies in new york city. in new

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we want to bring in michaela angela davis, a cultural critic and writer. there has been so much noise about this. and people of color are having a visceral reaction that he has to defend his ethnicity. he continues on, for my entire life i've held the card of my complicated family history close do my choice. what are your thoughts? >> it's heartbreaking. i cried when i read his statement. and i look at him and i see my brother, i see my cousin, i see my uncle, i see my family. and it is -- race in america, it's complicated. and there's a lot of pain. and there's a lot of -- he had to tell his family secrets. i mean, consider the source that bullied him into this story. >> let's talk about that. so there were some conservative websites that said that he was white and he was passing as black. >> not just deceiving people and had lied his way into receiving a scholarship from moorehouse and from oprah. >> it's to discredit him and the movement. there's a tradition of that. they did it in the civil rights moment. i think that this is in the tradition to discre