{"product_id":"conversations-with-angela-davis-paperback","title":"Conversations with Angela Davis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSharon Lynette Jones\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Angela Davis (b. 1944) was placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list in 1970 and after she successfully gained acquittal in the 1972 trial that garnered national and international attention, she became one of the most recognizable and iconic figures in the twentieth century. An outspoken advocate for the oppressed and exploited, she has written extensively about the intersections between race, class, and gender; Black liberation; and the US prison system. \u003ci\u003eConversations with Angela Davis\u003c\/i\u003e seeks to explore Davis's role as an educator, scholar, and activist who continues to engage in important and significant social justice work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFeaturing seventeen interviews ranging from the 1970s to the present day, the volume chronicles Davis's life and her involvement with and influence on important and significant historical and cultural events. Davis comments on a range of topics relevant to social, economic, and political issues from national and international contexts, and taken together, the interviews explore how her views have evolved over the past several decades. The volume provides insight on Davis's relationships with such organizations as the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, the Communist Party, the Green Party, and Critical Resistance, and how Davis has fought for racial, gender, and social and economic equality in the US and abroad. \u003ci\u003eConversations with Angela Davis\u003c\/i\u003e also addresses her ongoing work in the prison abolition movement.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharon Lynette Jones \u003c\/b\u003eis professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at Wright State University. She is author of \u003ci\u003eRereading the Harlem Renaissance: Race, Class, and Gender in the Fiction of Jessie Fauset, Zora Neale Hurston, and Dorothy West\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCritical Companion to Zora Neale Hurston: A Literary Reference to Her Life and Work\u003c\/i\u003e. She is editor of \u003ci\u003eCritical insights: Zora Neale Hurston \u003c\/i\u003eand coeditor of \u003ci\u003eThe Prentice Hall Anthology of African American Literature.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 222\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 29, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186155831545,"sku":"9781496829580","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/L041Rm80SFhaZ0xzdkFFSGJJd2ZwUT09.webp?v=1767830548","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/conversations-with-angela-davis-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}