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We can't talk about the black community. It's no longer a homogeneous community it was never a homogeneous community.

Angela Davis

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Angela Davis
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 29
Autobiographer
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
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Political Activist
Politician
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Birmingham
Alabama
Angela Yvonne Davis
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