Angela Davis Smiles (and Speaks)

Last night, Angela Davis lectured at Whitman College’s Power & Privilege Symposium.  She spoke of social justice, her own prison history and briefly mentioned He Whose Name Shall Not Be Uttered.  The audience, largely appearing to be students with a few grayhairs here and there, jam-packed this, the largest auditorium on campus.  Angela Davis, a late 60s-early 70s hero, still has an inspiring and trenchant message.  Of course, photography (or any recording) was forbidden.

Angela Davis Smiles
Angela Davis, Unauthorized

For any youngsters who may not know of Angela, here’s some starter background.  And there’s a ton more on YouTube and elsewhere on the interwebs, like this. And this.

Finally, a found early photograph, circa 1970:

(Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

 

More to come on HHR …