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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.

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Angela Davis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 29
Autobiographer
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
Political Activist
Politician
Teacher
University Teacher
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Birmingham
Alabama
Angela Yvonne Davis
Angela Y. Davis
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I never saw myself as an individual who had any particular leadership powers.
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The prison is not the only institution that has posed complex challenges to the people who have lived with it and have become so inured to its presence that they could not con­ceive of society without it. Within the history of the United States the system of slavery immediately comes to mind.
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