Davis stands in that proud, radical tradition.” –Mumia Abu-Jamal Yet they were the harbingers of things to come. It evoked scorn in the North and outrage in the South. “There was a time in America when to call a person an ‘abolitionist’ was the ultimate epithet. Still with us, thank goodness!” - Virginian-Pilot “Angela Davis’s revolutionary spirit is still strong. “One of America’s last truly fearless public intellectuals.” -Cynthia McKinney, Former U.S. Kelley author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original meet the real Angela Davis: perhaps the leading public intellectual of our era.” –Robin D. For readers who only see Angela Davis as a public icon.
“Long before ‘race/gender’ became the obligatory injunction it is now, Angela Davis was developing an analytical framework that brought all of these factors into play. The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied.” - New York Times Book Review “Davis’ arguments for justice are formidable. Morris, Jr., Great-great-great grandson of Frederick Douglass and Great-great grandson of Booker T. It is my sincere hope that this City Lights edition of The Narrative will inspire researchers and individuals to take a closer look at the tremendous degree of influence Anna Murray Douglass had in the life and the career of her husband and my great-great-great grandfather.” –Kenneth B. Davis presents a long overdue examination of Douglass’ work not just from the perspective of a woman but one of the most provocative and profound minds of the last half century. With detailed attention to Douglass’s text, she interrogates the legacy of slavery and shares timeless lessons about oppression, resistance and freedom.Īnd in an extended introductory essay written for this edition, Davis comments on previous editions of the Narrative and re-examines Douglass through a contemporary feminist perspective.Īn important new edition of an American classic. In two philosophical lectures originally delivered at UCLA in autumn 1969, Davis focuses on Douglass’s intellectual and spiritual awakening, and the importance of self-knowledge in achieving freedom from all forms of oppression.
In this new critical edition, legendary activist and feminist scholar Angela Davis sheds new light on the legacy of Frederick Douglass. After escaping slavery, Douglass became a leader in the anti-slavery and women’s rights movements, a bestselling author and U.S. Davis.Ī masterpiece of African American literature, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative is the powerful story of an enslaved youth coming into social and moral consciousness by disobeying his white slavemasters and secretly teaching himself to read.Īchieving literacy emboldens Douglass to resist, escape and ultimately achieve his freedom. A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y.
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