I don't know what most white people in this country feel, but I can only include what they feel from the state of their institution.

Now, this is the evidence.

You want me to make an act of faith, risking myself, my wife, my woman, my sister, my children on some idealism which you assure me

exists in America, which I have never seen.

Welcome back to Black History for White People, a podcast where we educate, resource, and challenge

white people about black history. I'm Brad, and on today's show are my co-host Gatina and

Garrett. Today's topic is Angela Davis. We first talk about her early life and how she was

raised in elementary school up through college. We then start to discover what shaped some

of her political views as she was growing up, talked through some various stories and run-ins that her and some of her colleagues had with

the LAPD, her involvement in SNCC, a little bit about the Soledad brothers.

And we end this part one of two episodes with Angela and her friend Helen on the run.

We hope you enjoy the discussion.

Okay, today we're talking about Angela Davis, and I'm not sure we're going to be able to get

through all the information that Garron and Katina have compiled. But let's start. I have a little

bit of background with who Angela Davis is and some of the work she's done,

but let's dive in.

For the listener that has no idea who she is, let's talk about her.

What do we need to know?

Angela Davis, unlike most of the people we've covered so far, is still alive and still

active in work and activism.

So I want to start with a quote from her, and then that'll kind of launch us

into the conversation. Okay. She said, the police lynching of George Floyd was not so much the cause

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