Watch Trailer for Jay-Z, Will and Jada Smith’s ‘Free Angela’ Doc

by Jorge Rivas on September 5 2012, 11:43AM

Will & Jada Pinkett Smith’s Overbrook Entertainment and Jay-Z’s Roc Nation have officially come on-board as executive producers of Shola Lynch’s Angela Davis documentary, “Free Angela & All Political Prisoners.”

Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog

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Angela Davis Calls DREAM Act One of Today’s ‘Most Important’ Fights

by Jorge Rivas on February 28 2012, 9:29AM

Author/activist Angela Davis speaks during the Independent Lens Examines Black History Month panel at the 2012 Winter TCA Tour on January 5, 2012 in Pasadena, California. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)

Topics: Immigration, /NOW Blog, Politics

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Celebrating Angela Davis’ Birthday, And Four Decades of Hard Work

by Hatty Lee on January 27 2011, 11:00AM

The movement icon celebrates her birthday this week.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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Angela Davis Speaks Out Against FBI Raids

by Jamilah King on November 21 2010, 10:26AM

The longtime activist calls a recent case against 14 activists an “assault on democracy.”

Topics: National Security

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Angela Davis and Yuri Kochiyama Talk About Activism Over Decades

by Julianne Hing on October 18 2010, 3:19PM

A new documentary lets us be a fly on the wall for their 1996 discussion.

Topics: Arts & Culture

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