'Angela Davis taught me that I did not have to tolerate the racism I was suffering in the playground, she told me that I was not alone ... it was in this book that I first came across the word 'solidarity'.' --Benjamin Zephaniah

'Davis' arguments for justice are formidable ... The power of her historical insights and the sweetness of her dream cannot be denied.' --New York Times

Angela Davis is a political activist, scholar, author and speaker. She is the author of several books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? and is Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.