A Conversation with Dr. Angela Davis: Related Resources

Databases: Articles & Primary Sources

Black Thought and Culture This link opens in a new window
100,000 pages of non-fiction writings by major American Black leaders—teachers, artists, politicians, religious leaders, athletes, war veterans, entertainers, and other figures—covering 250 years of history.
Civil Rights and Social Justice This link opens in a new window
From Hein Online, this archival database brings together primary and secondary sources on the history of civil rights in the United States as their legal protections and definitions are expanded to cover more and more Americans.
Los Angeles Sentinel (1934 - 2010): ProQuest Historical Newspapers This link opens in a new window
Historical coverage of a Los Angeles newspaper produced by and for the Black community. Digital images available, fully searchable.

Papers of Angela Y. Davis (1968-2006), Schlesinger Library, Harvard University
The collection holds diaries; correspondence; drafts of writings and speeches; teaching syllabi and research; organizational records and files from the Communist Party and a number of organizations Davis founded or was involved in; research files on political prisoners, international liberation movements, the prison industrial complex, and other topics.
Toni Morrison's Memo on Angela Davis, Columbia University Libraries
Toni Morrison was the editor for Davis's Autobiography. This memo strongly objects to a reader's suggestions for revisions to the manuscript.