The chapters are arranged chronologically in a manner where Davis has deconstructed the historiography of Black Women from the period of abolitionism to the time when the book was written. Women, Race and Class (1981) authored by Angela Davis is a collection of 13 essays that chart the history of the struggle for equal rights for women, specifically Black women and working-class women in America.

Her activism and counter-hegemonic role in civil society has greatly influenced her theoretical underpinning and writing.Īngela Davis speaking at a street rally in 1974. Philosopher and journalist Antonio Gramsci, in his conceptualization of intellectuals identifies Organic Intellectual as the one who emerges from a particular social class and “gives his class homogeneity and awareness of its own function, in the economic field and on the social and political levels.” Angela Davis can be understood as an organic intellectual, who had consciousness about her racial and gender identity which inspired her to emerge as a revolutionary political activist in the 1960s-70s. Her works have greatly influenced much of the theory and praxis in the fields of democratic theory, anti-racist feminism, critical studies and political struggles. Her contribution lies in the analysis of culture, gender, capital, and race. Throughout her academic career, African-American educator, activist, philosopher and author Angela Yvonne Davis has challenged the mainstream discourse. I mean, even if I don’t think it, even if die, the picture of what I did, or knew, or saw is still out there. I used to think it was my rememory….What I remember is a picture floating around out there outside my head. Dirty you so bad you couldn’t like yourself anymore. Not just work, kill, or maim you, but dirty you. Anybody white could take your whole self for anything that came to mind.

Women race & class by angela davis