Angela Davis admits it took her a long time to feel comfortable seeing photos of herself from the late 1960s and early 1970s, when she was one of the most famous counterculture figures in the world.

Aretha Franklin famously offered to pay the bail of jailed activist Angela Davis. ... Act requests by the Detroit Free Press and other news media outlets after the singer’s 2018 death.

DETROIT – Revelations that the FBI closely monitored Aretha Franklin during the civil rights movement prompted dismay from one of the era’s most prominent government targets. Angela Davis, the ...

Racial activist and former fugitive Angela Davis was shocked to learn she is a Mayflower descendent on Tuesday’s episode of “Finding Your Roots” on PBS.