Angela Davis: There Is No 'I' In Movement

A daily reminder from an icon of the Black Power movement

By Carla Murphy Sep 4, 2014

"Even as Nelson Mandela always insisted that his accomplishments were collective--also achieved by the men and women who were his comrades--the media attempted to sanctify him as a heroic individual." Guarding against the overwhelming "depiction of history as the work of heroic individuals," says Angela Davis in a new interview, is part of the work. 

Read more in The Nation's special racial justice issue.