Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Seattle University to Host, Celebrate Radical Activist Angela Davis


Angela Davis, a radical activist with past associations to the Black Panther Party and the Communist Party USA, will sign books and speak at Seattle University on October 17, according to the University’s website, despite her support for abortion rights and same-sex marriage.

The Center for the Study of Justice in Society at Seattle University will also host the screening of a sympathetic documentary film about Davis at the nearby Northwest African American Museum on October 13. “Help us commemorate the anniversary of the arrest of Angela Davis on Oct. 13, 1970,” states the Jesuit University’s invitation to view the film, "Free Angela and All Political Prisoners."  (more...)

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