The Civil Rights History Project: Survey of Collections and Repositories

Angela Davis speech

Repository: University of Florida. George A. Smathers Libraries

Collection Description (Extant): The address by Angela Davis was sponsored by both University of Florida's Accent Speakers Bureau and the Institute of Black Culture in 1973. The tape begins with an undentified speaker telling a short story about how he learned about the Institute of Black Culture and their programs. He is followed by Michael Snyder, the chair of Accent '74, and Linda Holliman of the Institute of Black Culture who introduced Angela Davis. Angela Davis's address focused on her experiences as a black revolutionary, her incarceration and trial, her thoughts about the war in Vietnam, her anger at multinational corporations, and the struggle against Portuguese colonialism in Africa.

Date(s): October 18, 1973

Digital Status: Yes

Existing IDs: Recording Number 6

Extent: 1 Cassette, 42 min

Finding Aid URL: http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/sound/ufaudio6.htm

Language: English

Rights (CRHP): Contact the repository which holds the collection for information on rights

Subjects:

African American women civil rights workers
Black power
Davis, Angela Y. (Angela Yvonne), 1944-
Prisoners
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Protest movements

Genres:

Sound recordings
Speeches