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Angela Davis

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The Resume

    (January 26, 1944- )
    Earned a degree in French language while attending college in France
    Earned a masters degree from the University of California, San Diego
    Earned a Ph.D. in Philosophy from the Humbolt University of Berlin
    Former member of the Communist Party
    Former member of the Black Panthers
    Subject of the songs 'Angela' by John Lennon and Yoko Ono and 'Sweet Black Angel' by the Rolling Stones
    Wrote 'If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance (1971),' 'Frame Up: The Opening Defense Statement Made (1972),' 'Angela Davis: An Autobiography (1974),' 'Women, Race and Class (1981),' 'Violence Against Women and the Ongoing Challenge to Racism (1985),' 'Women, Culture and Politics (1989),' 'Blues Legacies and Black Feminism: Gertrude 'Ma' Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Billie Holiday (1999),' 'The Angela Y. Davis Reader (1999)' and 'Are Prisons Obsolete? (2003)'
    Portrayed herself in the movie documentaries 'Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972),' ' Black is... Black Ain't (1994)' and 'Fidel (2001)' and the TV mini-series 'Eyes on the Prize II (1990)'

Why she might be annoying:

    She grew impatient with the views of the Black nationalist movement in regards to communism.
    They rejected Communism because it was a 'white man's thing.'
    She said: 'If we cannot agree on the simple fact that the white man is dragging us by our heels to the deep dark pits of hell, what can we agree on? We must unite against the great white demon. Together we may overpower white America and bring rise to Black Power!'
    She was charged with conspiracy, kidnapping, and homicide during an attempted prison escape in Marin County, California where 4 people were killed (1970).
    Guns used in the attempt were allegedly stolen from her home.
    She was a fugitive for 2 months, making the F.B.I.'s '10 Most Wanted' list (the third woman ever to do so).
    She served 18 months in prison.
    She believes prisons shouldn't be reformed, they should be abolished.
    She ran for Vice President of the U.S. with running mate Gus Hall on the Communist ticket in 1980 and 1984, causing barely a ripple in either outcome.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a voracious reader.
    She experienced racial bigotry and segregation growing up in the Deep South.
    She knew all 4 girls killed in the Birmingham church bombing terrorist attack (September 15, 1963).
    After Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated she joined the Communist Party to try to bring about political change for the positive (1968).
    She was unjustly fired from her teaching position at UCLA because of her conversion to communism.
    Gov. Ronald Reagan vowed she would never again teach in the University of California school system.
    She was acquitted of the charges stemming from the attempted prison escape (1972).
    She tried to rally against Louis Farrakhan's 'Million Man March' (1995) on the grounds that excluding women only forced them to accept a subordinate position in society.
    In 2002 she became professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz and director of the Woman's studies department.
    Love it or hate it, that afro garnered attention!

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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 50 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1468 Votes: 48.30% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 218 Votes: 57.34% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 135 Votes: 45.19% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 74 Votes: 51.35% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 38 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 224 Votes: 64.73% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 61 Votes: 65.57% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 79 Votes: 51.90% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 42 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 34 Votes: 61.76% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 828 Votes: 81.76% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 233 Votes: 75.54% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 1507 Votes: 75.25% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 120 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 114 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 337 Votes: 45.10% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 369 Votes: 63.69% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 724 Votes: 69.75% Annoying