Davis emphasizes that true liberation requires both systemic change and a fundamental shift in individual consciousness. It means fighting for social justice must also involve freeing people's thoughts from oppressive ideologies and internalized prejudices that perpetuate inequality.
Quote by Angela Davis: “We have to talk about liberating minds as well as liberating society.”
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American political activist, philosopher, and academic whose work addresses prison abolition, feminism, and Black liberation. A member of the Communist Party and the Black Panther Party in the 1970s, she became an international symbol of resistance after her 1972 acquittal following a high-profile political trial.
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