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An Autobiography by Angela Y. Davis, edited by Toni Morrison, is a commanding memoir originally published in 1974 and reissued in 2023. This 464-page Penguin paperback (198 × 130 × 28 mm; approx. 318 g) traces Davis’s journey from Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, Alabama, through her activism in the Black Panther Party, U.S. Communist Party, and her role as a faculty member at UCLA. Arrested and placed on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list, her story is told with warmth, humor, intellectual rigor, and unyielding conviction. Davis’s voice remains a powerful inspiration in the fight for racial and gender justice.
Why Buy:
Inspiring legacy: Angela Davis’s life story is emblematic of courage and intellectual resilience.
Historical insight: A firsthand account of key movements in Black liberation, prison abolition, and civil rights.
Timeless relevance: Though first published in 1974, the reissue resonates with contemporary struggles for justice.
Editorial prestige: Edited by Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, enriching context without diluting Davis’s voice.