Angela Davis

"Had it not been for slavery, the death penalty would have likely been abolished in America. Slavery became a haven for the death penalty."

"We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

"Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education."

"We know the road to freedom has always been stalked by death."

"My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom."

"Now, if we look at the way in which the labor movement itself has evolved over the last couple of decades, we see increasing numbers of black people who are in the leadership of the labor movement and this is true today."