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The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?
Angela Davis
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Angela Davis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 29
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Feminist
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Birmingham
Alabama
Angela Yvonne Davis
Angela Y. Davis
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