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said her “long-term support of justice for Palestine” was the reason the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Alabama rescinded her human rights award.

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 ...

Political activist Angela Davis has been a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement. During her Birmingham, Alabama upbringing, she experienced racism when the Ku Klux Klan infiltrated her ...

(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 ...

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 ...