Quote by Angela Davis
I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because

I think the importance of doing activist work is precisely because it allows you to give back and to consider yourself not as a single individual who may have achieved whatever but to be a part of an ongoing historical movement. – Angela Davis

Other quotes by Angela Davis

I grew up in the southern United States in a city which at that time during the late 40s and early 50s was the most segregated city in the country, and in a sense learning how to oppose the status quo was a question of survival. – Angela Davis

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Learning
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Poor people, people of color – especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education. – Angela Davis

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Education
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In my heart, Im an Alabaman who went up north to work. – E. O. Wilson

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work

God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross. – Charles Stanley

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work

Opportunities are usually disguised as hard work, so most people dont recognize them. – Ann Landers

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work

I am living proof that the American dream still exists. It is still alive and well. There is only one trick, you have to be willing to roll up your sleeves and work very, very hard. – Paula Deen

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Imagination creates reality. – Richard Wagner

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