Editing Angela Davis (section)

===Soviet Union===
[[File:RIAN archive 717718 Valentina Tereshkova and Angela Davis.jpg|thumb|Davis and Soviet cosmonaut [[Valentina Tereshkova]], 1972]]
In 1971, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] estimated that five percent of [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] propaganda efforts were directed towards the Angela Davis campaign.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hannah|first=Jim|date=August 24, 2017|title=Revolutionary research|url=https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2017/08/24/revolutionary-research/|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=Wright State Newsroom|archive-date=October 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201023110535/https://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2017/08/24/revolutionary-research/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 1972, Davis visited the Soviet Union at the invitation of the [[Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union|Central Committee]], and received an honorary doctorate from [[Moscow State University]].<ref name="Routledge"/> She also received an honorary degree from the [[Tashkent State University|University of Tashkent]] during that same visit.<ref name="Uzbeks Honor Angela Davis"/>

On May 1, 1979, she was awarded the [[Lenin Peace Prize]] from the Soviet Union.<ref>{{cite news|title=Angela Davis Given Russian Peace Prize|access-date=May 4, 2014|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=May 1, 1979|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SQtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5908%2C189855|page=120|archive-date=April 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210401220527/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=SQtWAAAAIBAJ&pg=5908%2C189855|url-status=live}}</ref> She visited Moscow later that month to accept the prize, where she praised "the glorious name" of [[Vladimir Lenin]] and the "great [[October Revolution]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Russia Davis Prize {{!}} AP Archive|url=http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/45045389d6759defac6845a2f3bdfcea|work=aparchive.com|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-date=March 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190305200838/http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/45045389d6759defac6845a2f3bdfcea|url-status=live}}</ref>