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In a sense the quest for the emancipation of black people in the U.S. has always been a quest for economic liberation which means to a certain extent that the rise of black middle class would be inevitable.
Angela Davis
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Angela Davis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 29
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Birmingham
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Angela Yvonne Davis
Angela Y. Davis
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