After Friday's arrests of 40 protestors, over half of whom were students, a cold and wet weekend and a visit from civil rights icon Angela Davis on Saturday, the encampment on the lawn of the ...

Controversy has followed Angela Davis, civil rights activist and academic, for nearly her entire adult life. Over the past month, activists in the Birmingham community organized a sold out event ...

(JTA) — The mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, said that a civil rights institute withdrew an award for activist Angela Davis due to pressure from the Jewish community. The Birmingham Civil Rights ...

(JTA) — Civil rights activist Angela Davis said her “long-term support of justice for Palestine” was the reason the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama rescinded her human rights award.

As a scholar, educator and activist, Dr. Angela Davis has challenged and shaped ... and for Black women in particular, Dr. Davis stood among the giants of the civil rights movement and was ...

Activists and authors Angela Davis and Ta-Nehisi Coates speak in conversation about ... “We’ve seen campus protesters being repressed for standing up for basic human rights,” Allam said. “We’ve seen ...