The Long
Insurgency

Dossier · 1944–2005

Angela Davis

A student, writer and organizer who adapted critical theory

Chronology

1944–2005

194419752005
9 dated events
  1. Davis is born in Birmingham Reported · Source 2, Opening biography paragraph beginning Davis was born
  2. Davis completes French degree at Brandeis Reported · Source 2, Opening biography paragraph beginning Davis was born
  3. Davis resumes study with Marcuse at UCSD Documented · Source 1, Davis preface, p. xi
  4. Davis delivers UCLA lectures on Frederick Douglass Documented · Source 1, Dear Angela, p. 49
  5. Marcuse responds to Davis’s argument on freedom Documented · Source 1, Dear Angela, pp. 49–50
  6. Critical Resistance conference at Berkeley Documented · Source 7, Program cover; Davis preface, p. xii note 9
  7. Davis addresses Marcuse’s legacy Documented · Source 1, Davis preface, p. x, note 5
  8. Are Prisons Obsolete? is published Documented · Source 5, Copyright page
  9. Abolition Democracy is published Documented · Source 3, Retained EPUB copyright page

Sources

Works and records cited in this dossier. Numbered references in the account lead to entries here.

  1. The New Left and the 1960s Herbert Marcuse; editor Douglas Kellner; preface Angela Y. Davis.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, “Marcuse's Legacies,” preface to Herbert Marcuse, The New Left and the 1960s: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, vol.3, edited by Douglas Kellner (Routledge, first published 2005; retained Taylor & Francis e-Library edition 2004), printed pp.vii–xiv, PDF file pp.8–15. Originally presented at “The Legacy of Herbert Marcuse,” UC Berkeley, November 1998 (p.x, note 5). Participant and advocate's retrospective assessment. Original retained PDF, not gateway excerpts, inspected.

    Sources

    Herbert Marcuse, “Dear Angela,” November 18,1970, in collected papers vol.3, pp.49–50, PDF file pp.64–65. Editor identifies publication in Ramparts9 (February 1971), p.22. Contemporary letter responding to Davis's UCLA lectures, supportive standpoint.

  2. Angela Davis (January 26, 1944) National Archives.
    Sources

    National Archives, “Angela Davis (January 26,1944)” , reviewed July 22,2020, opening biography. Institutional secondary summary, used narrowly for birthplace and Brandeis French degree/year. Unverified claims elsewhere on that page are not imported.

  3. Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture Angela Y. Davis; interviews with Eduardo Mendieta. 2005.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, Abolition Democracy: Beyond Empire, Prisons, and Torture, interviews with Eduardo Mendieta (Seven Stories Press,2005), retained EPUB, eISBN 9781609801038. Chapters “Politics and Prisons” and “Resistance, Language, and Law”; “Politics and Prisons,” answers beginning “Although I am no longer a member,” “Absolutely, and I think that I draw,” “Well, I’ve certainly been inspired,” “The global sweatshops,” and “Well, in one sense it has become obsolete”; “Resistance, Language, and Law,” opening answer beginning “My imprisonment had a major impact.” Davis's political analysis and participant recollection. Mendieta's questions and introduction are separately authored. No unverified print pages assigned.

  4. Explorations in Black Leadership: Angela Davis interview transcript Angela Davis interviewed by Julian Bond.
    Sources

    Angela Davis interviewed by Julian Bond, *Explorations in Black Leadership*, University of Virginia, transcript , named sections cited above. Retrospective participant testimony. This pass does not assign an interview date or convert recalled events into exact dates.

  5. Are Prisons Obsolete? Angela Y. Davis. 2003.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? (Seven Stories Press,2003), ISBN 9781583225813. Inspected retained PDF, chapter 4 pp.60–65 and chapter 6 pp.105–113; printed 107 = PDF file 109, printed 60 = PDF file 62. Primary abolitionist argument, not an independent test of its claims.

  6. Eyes on the Prize II: Angela Davis interview, May 24, 1989 Angela Y. Davis; Blackside Inc.. May 24, 1989.
    Sources

    Angela Y. Davis, interview for Eyes on the Prize II, May 24,1989, Blackside Inc., Film and Media Archive, Washington University in St. Louis, American Archive of Public Broadcasting transcript , opening questions on 1967 return and college campaign. Participant recollection. The archive warns that the transcript is unverified; this draft paraphrases the broad account corroborated by the institutional history, without copying garbled names or asserting an exact occupation date.

  7. Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex Critical Resistance Organizing Committee. September 25–27, 1998.
    Sources

    Critical Resistance Organizing Committee, Critical Resistance: Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex, conference program, UC Berkeley, September 25–27,1998. Original scanned program, printed pp.1–4,8; printed 8 is in PDF file 6. Organizer's original PDF . Collective activist agenda, names, planned sessions and credited supporters. Original inspected privately; program does not prove every scheduled panel happened or measure later outcomes.

  8. The TMC History Project: A Short History of Thurgood Marshall College
    Sources

    Thurgood Marshall College, The TMC History Project: A Short History of Thurgood Marshall College, undated institutional history, pp.2–4. Original institutional PDF . Retrospective institutional account, not the 1969 proposal or Senate minutes. Inspected all five file pages.

Research notes and unresolved sources

These archive notes identify research retrieval or evidence that still needs a bibliographic source. They are kept for verification.

Sources

Davis's writings and Marcuse's letter establish reception. The original conference program records the collective agenda and roles.

Sources

The National Archives biography supplies basic background. Davis's interviews are retrospective participant testimony.

Complete existing research record