A talk by Angela Davis on the occasion of Malcolm X's 98th birthday, at the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center.
Charlene Mitchell led a long and multi-faceted political career, including first Black woman to run for President, leader of the movement against racial and political repression, advocate for democracy, socialism and internationalism.
Charlene (Alexander) Mitchell, a key leader of the movement in the early 1970s to free imprisoned activist Angela Davis, helped found NAARPR, and the CCDS, ran for President in 1968 on the U.S. Communist Party ticket.
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For all her influence as an activist, intellectual, and writer, Angela Davis has not always been taken as seriously as her peers. Why not?
An idea informing Davis’ discussion was what she cited as Antonio Gramsci’s adage of possessing “pessimism of the intellect” and “optimism of the will” when advocating for social justice and building cultural movements.
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