Angela Davis interviews musician Holly Near, September 20, 1984. Digital
Davis and Near discuss the Free The Army Tour, the feminist movement, sexism, and blues traditions within the women's music movement.
Angela Davis lecture: Politics of reproduction, September 19, 1988. Digital
Incomplete recording of class lecture and discussion on the history and politics of birth control.
Angela Davis speech: Women, Race, and Class, ca.1986. Digital
Davis discusses women in the civil rights movement, her activism in the 1960's and 1970's, sexism, racism in the women's movement, apartheid in South Africa, Sandra Day O'Connor, abortion, sterilization, and interconnections between political movements, nuclear disarmament, the space shuttle Challenger disaster. Includes audience question and answer session.
Angela Davis speech: Essence Music Festival Empowerment Series, 2006. Digital
Davis discusses the prison industrial complex, the Iraq War, the military, and prison abolition.
Angela Davis speech at New Haven rally, April 21, 1979. Digital
Book. Angela Davis: An Autobiography press release, 1975 Digital
Friends [letters sent to Angela Davis in jail], 1971-1972. Digital
Includes personal letter of support from Ericka [Huggins?].
Angela Davis speech: University of Kentucky, Lexington, November 5, 1999. Digital
Angela Davis speech: University of Wisconsin-Madison, November 16, 1999. Digital
Speech by Angela Davis at the Wisconsin Union Theater on the death penalty and its implications. Davis discusses Mumia Abu-Jamal, the prison-industrial complex, her trial, mass incarceration, Manny Babbitt, prison history, prisoner abuse, sweatshops and corporate exploitation, the global expansion of the prison industry, prison abolition, and the connections between punishment, gender, race, and class. Includes audience question and answer session.
"Fox News, O'Reilly Factor, Angela Davis segment," June 3, 2002. Digital
Angela Davis discusses how to reform the prison system.
Angela Davis interview, The Arsenio Hall Show, March 9, 1989. Digital
Partial episode of television talk show featuring Angela Davis promoting her new book "Woman, Culture, and Politics." Video cuts to Davis interview. Davis discusses her public image, her activism, communism, racism within the women's movement, and rap music.
Angela Davis interview, "Sonya Live in L.A.," March 10, 1989. Digital
Davis discusses the current state of political activism, president George W. Bush, lessons she's learned as an activist, feminist movements in the Middle East, women's equality, communism, and her book Women, Race, and Class. Includes viewer phone calls, television commercials, and brief newscast.
Interview with Angela Davis, "Conversation with Ed Gordan," ca.1990. Digital
Davis discusses how she became an activist, her continued relevance among younger generations, public perception of her, leadership and classicism in the African American community, racism, and her reception at the NAACP Image Awards.
Angela Davis speech: Ithaca College, African American History Month, 1993. Digital
Angela Davis speech: "Recorded speech from U.N.M.," November 19, 1973. Digital
Speech by Angela Davis at the University of New Mexico.
Angela Davis and Nkenge Zola radio show, March 26, 1998. Digital
WDET FM radio program with host Nkenge Zola and Angela Davis. Davis discusses black women in blues music and the prison industrial complex.
CBC Radio-Canada interview with Angela Davis, February 15, 1999. Digital
Davis discusses the prison industrial complex and prison abolition on program "Le Monde Aujourd'hui." Interview in French.
Book. Angela Davis: An Autobiography manuscript setting copy, 1977. Digital
Includes typed draft edited by Toni Morrison.
[Letters to Angela Davis from piano player Bill Crosby], 1970-1971 Digital
[Coalition to Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners newsletter], 1971 Digital
A Conversation with Amiri Baraka and Angela Davis, November 21, 1997. Digital
Video starts in the middle of a poetry performances. Performances are followed by moderated conversation between Angela Davis and writer Amiri Baraka. They discuss activist movements, imperialism, capitalism, activist strategies. Includes audience question and answer session. See #105.2 for additional event materials.
ARD German Television interview with Angela Davis: edited, January 26, 1994. Digital
Edited biographical feature and interview. Includes archival footage of Angela Davis in the 1970's. Includes four cuts of the program. First two edits of the program are narrated in German with Davis dubbed in German. Third edit of the program is narrated in German with Davis interview in English.
"A Second Look - Show 313" featuring Angela Davis, November 26, 2006. Digital
Episode of Fox television morning show about the history of the Black Panther Party. Includes archival footage from the 1970s and interviews with former Black Panther David Hilliard, the Alameda County sheriff, Eldridge Cleaver, Angela Davis, and Ericka Huggins. Also includes coverage of Huey P. Newton's funeral. Davis discusses media representations of the Black Panther Party.