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Davis, Angela Yvonne, 1944-, African-American political activist, b.
Birmingham, Ala. She taught philosophy (1969-70) at the Univ. of California,
Los Angeles, until she was finally denied reappointment because of her
membership in the Communist party and her advocacy of radical black causes.
In Aug., 1970, she went into hiding after a gun legally registered to her
was used in an attempted courtroom escape in which a judge and three others
were killed. Apprehended two months later, she was tried on charges of
conspiracy, murder, and kidnapping (1972). After months in prison, she was
released on bail and later acquitted. She has since taught at San Francisco
State Univ. (1979-91) and the Univ. of California at Santa Cruz (1992-).
Davis was the American Communist party's vice-presidential candidate in 1980
and 1984.
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