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A ctivist and scholar, Professor
Angela Y. Davis, will grace the
campus of Spelman College on
Sept. 17, 2012. Sister’s Chapel will host
the historical figure’s lecture at 6pm.
This event is in connection with the
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Collaborative
that is sponsored by Spelman College’s
Teaching Besource and Besearch Cen
ter.
“Born a slave on July 16 1862,
Ida B. Wells-Barnett became an edu
cator, journalist, newspaper editor
and owner, a suffragist, anti-lynching
crusader, and civil rights activist. She
was skilled in the use of rhetoric and
in the use of argument and evidence
in support of her crusades. She also
made persuasive use of quantitative
data in both national and internation
al social justice movements.” (Compli
ments of Spelman College)
Wells-Barnett passed away
March 25, 1931. She was 68 years old,
which happens to be the same age
of Professor Davis. For over 40 years,
Davis has spent her life educating
America while actively striving to
change the perception and treatment
of African Americans.
“The purpose of the Collabora
tive is to advance the institutionaliza
tion of interdisciplinary at Spelman
College through the planning and
implementation of workshops, discus
sion groups, lecture series and other
activities.” (Johnnella E. Butler, Mona
T. Phillips, Teaching Besource and
Research Center). With support from
the U.S. Department of Education and
the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Spel
man College’s TRRC is able to pro
duce this momentous event.
Professor Davis may be one of
the most identifiable figures in black
history. Davis, born Jan. 26, 1944 in
Birmingham, Alabama, was exposed
to firsthand encounters with racism
and injustice. She is able to recollect
her experiences of fighting for the
rights of unfairly persecuted African
Americans through her own work as
an activist on the frontlines of vio
lence.
One example of Davis’s familiar
ity with racial intolerance can be at
tributed with the fact that she person
ally knew some of the girls who lost
their lives in the Sept. 15, 1963 bomb
ing of the 16th Street Baptist Church
in her hometown of Birmingham,
Alabama.
Davis’ civil rights involvement
has made her a hero in the eyes of
many. Dawnn Anderson, a junior
English major Sociology minor from
Brooklyn, New York,
shared that Professor
Davis was one of her
role models.
“I am honored that
she would attend Spelman
because she is truly inspiring through
her activism and leadership for the
Black community,” Anderson said.
If she were given the opportu
nity to ask Davis anything, she would
ask, “Does she feel that being a wom
an strengthened her plight during the
Black Panther movement?”
Anderson also posed the ques
tion, “What is more empowering, be
ing black or being a woman?”
When informed about the upcoming
appearance of Professor Davis, Saida
Caldwell, a junior Psychology pre med
major, responded, “I think it’s cool. I
feel like I’m going to go because she’s
coming.”
In response to the one question
she would ask Davis, Caldwell offered,
“What was it like being an activist?”
Bethany Kary, a junior English major,
Japanese and Art History minor, said,
“It’s kind of neat to know someone
that famous is coming to our school.
Sometimes people say Spelman isn’t a
big deal, but does your school
have Angela Davis coming?”
After requesting what she
would ask Davis if
given the chance, Kary
asked, “Does
it ever get old
being Angela
Davis?”
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