Racism, in the first place, is a weapon used by the wealthy to increase the profits they bring in by paying Black workers less for their work. – Angela Davis
I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers. – Angela Davis
As a black woman, my politics and political affiliation are bound up with and flow from participation in my peoples struggle for liberation, and with the fight of oppressed people all over the world against American imperialism. – Angela Davis
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom. – Angela Davis