Editing Angela Davis (section)

==Political activism and speeches==
Davis accepted the Communist Party USA's nomination for vice president, as [[Gus Hall]]'s running mate, in [[1980 United States presidential election|1980]] and in [[1984 United States presidential election|1984]]. They received less than 0.02% of the vote in 1980.<ref>[[Walter Goodman (critic)|Goodman, Walter]], [https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/02/us/hall-at-74-still-seeks-presidency.html "Hall, at 74, still seeks Presidency"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629073656/https://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/02/us/hall-at-74-still-seeks-presidency.html |date=June 29, 2020 }}, ''New York Times'', November 2, 1984.</ref> She left the party in 1991, founding the [[Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism]]. Her group broke from the Communist Party USA because of the latter's support of the [[1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt]] after the fall of the Soviet Union and tearing down of the Berlin Wall.<ref name="Battleground-p406">{{cite book|title=Battleground: Women, Gender, and Sexuality|last=Lind|first=Amy|author2=Stephanie Brzuzy|year=2008|publisher=Greenwood Press|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=978-0-313-34038-3|volume=1|page=406|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CdoIS5YdygkC&pg=PA406|access-date=February 24, 2012|archive-date=April 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412145416/https://books.google.com/books?id=CdoIS5YdygkC&pg=PA406|url-status=live}}</ref> Davis said that she and others who had "circulated a petition about the need for democratization of the structures of governance of the party" were not allowed to run for national office and thus "in a sense&nbsp;... invited to leave".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roXCuwrELHM | archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/roXCuwrELHM| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Angela Davis interviewed by Julian Bond: Explorations in Black Leadership Series |publisher=University of Virginia |website=YouTube |date=July 21, 2009 |access-date=June 29, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2014, she said she continues to have a relationship with the CPUSA but has not rejoined.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Morrison|first1=Patt|title=Angela Y. Davis on what's radical in the 21st century|url=https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-davis-20140507-column.html|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 6, 2014|access-date=February 21, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310032022/https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-morrison-davis-20140507-column.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In the 2020 presidential election, Davis supported the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] nominee, [[Joe Biden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thegrio.com/2020/07/14/angela-davis-backs-biden/ |title=Angela Davis backs Biden because he 'can be most effectively pressured' by the left |last=Telusma |first=Blue |date=July 14, 2020 |website=TheGrio |access-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-date=October 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007140653/https://thegrio.com/2020/07/14/angela-davis-backs-biden/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Davis is a major figure in the [[prison abolition movement]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-prison-abolition-movement|title=What the Prison-Abolition Movement Wants|last=Kelly|first=Kim|website=Teen Vogue|date=December 26, 2019|language=en|access-date=April 24, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414024539/https://www.teenvogue.com/story/what-is-prison-abolition-movement|url-status=live}}</ref> She has called the [[United States prison system]] the "[[prison–industrial complex]]"<ref>{{cite news|date=September 10, 1998|url=http://www.colorlines.com/archives/1998/09/masked_racism_reflections_on_the_prison_industrial_complex.html|first=Angela|last=Davis|publisher=Color Lines|title=Masked racism: reflections on the prison-industrial complex|access-date=December 1, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321103120/http://colorlines.com/archives/1998/09/masked_racism_reflections_on_the_prison_industrial_complex.html|archive-date=March 21, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was one of the founders of [[Critical Resistance]], a national [[grassroots]] organization dedicated to building a movement to abolish the prison system.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Freedom Struggle: Angela Davis on Calls to Defund Police, Racism & Capitalism, and the 2020 Election|url=https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/7/freedom_struggle_angela_davis_on_calls|access-date=October 2, 2020|website=Democracy Now!|language=en|archive-date=April 14, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414114614/https://www.democracynow.org/2020/9/7/freedom_struggle_angela_davis_on_calls|url-status=live}}</ref> In recent works, she has argued that the US prison system resembles a new form of slavery, pointing to the disproportionate share of the African-American population who were incarcerated.<ref name="Prison Abolishment">{{cite book|last=Davis|first=Angela|title=Are Prisons Obsolete?|year=2003|publisher=Open Media Series|location=Canada}}</ref> Davis advocates focusing social efforts on education and building "engaged communities" to solve various social problems now handled through state punishment.<ref name="BookTV"/>

As early as 1969, Davis began public speaking engagements.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angela Davis 10/8/1969 |url=https://comm.ucla.edu/angela-davis-10-8-1969/ |access-date=2023-10-19 |website=UCLA Communication |language=en-US |archive-date=November 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231106072527/https://comm.ucla.edu/angela-davis-10-8-1969/ |url-status=live }}</ref> She expressed her opposition to the [[Vietnam War]], racism, sexism, and the prison–industrial complex, and her support of gay rights and other social justice movements. In 1969, she blamed [[imperialism]] for the troubles oppressed populations suffer: 
{{blockquote|We are facing a common enemy and that enemy is Yankee Imperialism, which is killing us both here and abroad. Now I think anyone who would try to separate those struggles, anyone who would say that in order to consolidate an anti-war movement, we have to leave all of these other outlying issues out of the picture, is playing right into the hands of the enemy.<ref name="Speech-Vietnam">{{cite web|last=Davis|first=Angela|title=Speech by Angela Davis at a Black Panther Rally in Bobby Hutton Park|url=http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/15/18589458.php|work=East Bay|access-date=April 26, 2011|archive-date=May 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012459/http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/04/15/18589458.php|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
She has continued lecturing throughout her career, including at numerous universities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu/conference|title=Who Speaks for the Negro|publisher=Jean and Heard Alexander Library, Vanderbilt University|access-date=April 11, 2015|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331175951/https://whospeaks.library.vanderbilt.edu/conference|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.democracynow.org/2005/12/13/angela_davis_the_state_of_california|title=Angela Davis: 'The State of California May Have Extinguished the Life of Stanley Tookie Williams, But They Have Not Managed to Extinguish the Hope for a Better World'|publisher=Democracy Now!|date=December 13, 2005|access-date=October 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101017050807/http://www.democracynow.org/2005/12/13/angela_davis_the_state_of_california| archive-date= October 17, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bybee|first=Crystal|url=https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/25/18630556.php|title=Fourth Annual Stanley Tookie Williams Legacy Summit|publisher=East Bay|date=November 11, 2009|access-date=October 21, 2010|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328103627/https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/11/25/18630556.php|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Bernstein|first=Gregory|url=https://vanderbilthustler.exposure.co/a-fireside-chat-on-activism-with-angela-davis|title="A Fireside Chat on Activism" with Angela Davis|work=Vanderbilt Hustler|date=March 11, 2015|access-date=April 11, 2015|archive-date=June 27, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150627061152/https://vanderbilthustler.exposure.co/a-fireside-chat-on-activism-with-angela-davis|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Bromley, Anne. [http://news.clas.virginia.edu/woodson/x15305.xml "Angela Davis to Headline the Woodson Institute's Spring Symposium"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412040456/http://news.clas.virginia.edu/woodson/x15305.xml |date=April 12, 2009 }}, ''The Woodson Institute Newsletter''. April 2, 2009; accessed November 3, 2009.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.risd.edu/About/News/Davis_Calls_Students_to_Action/?dept=4294967928|access-date=September 11, 2015|title=Davis Calls Students to Action|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913085531/http://www.risd.edu/About/News/Davis_Calls_Students_to_Action/?dept=4294967928|archive-date=September 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>University of Rochester [https://web.archive.org/web/20190202192834/https://events.rochester.edu/event/angela_davis#.XFXve1ngrfY ''Angela Davis: The University's Role in Educating Students to be Engaged Citizens'']. Archived from [https://events.rochester.edu/event/angela_davis the original] on February 2, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2020.</ref>

In 2001, she publicly spoke against the [[war on terror]] following the [[9/11 attacks]], continued to criticize the prison–industrial complex, and discussed the broken immigration system.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Once Labeled a Terrorist, Angela Davis Talks of Recent Events|url=https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/11770/|access-date=June 21, 2021|website=DePauw University|language=en|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624205135/https://www.depauw.edu/news-media/latest-news/details/11770/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She said that to solve social justice issues, people must "hone their critical skills, develop them and implement them." Later, in the aftermath of [[Hurricane Katrina]] in 2005, she declared that the "horrendous situation in New Orleans" was due to the country's structural racism, capitalism, and imperialism.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JKENb33U4E| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100611032755/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JKENb33U4E| archive-date=June 11, 2010 | url-status=dead|work=YouTube|title=Angela Davis making a live public speech|access-date=September 11, 2015}}</ref>
[[File:Angela-Davis-Mar-28-2006.jpg|thumb|right|Davis at the [[University of Alberta]] in 2006]]
Davis opposed the 1995 [[Million Man March]], arguing that the exclusion of women from this event promoted [[male chauvinism]]. She said that [[Louis Farrakhan]] and other organizers appeared to prefer that women take subordinate roles in society. Together with [[Kimberlé Crenshaw]] and others, she formed the African American Agenda 2000, an alliance of [[black feminism|black feminists]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MLz7jo09yiAC&q=angela+davis+African+American+Agenda+2000,&pg=PA78|title=Dark Continent of Our Bodies: Black Feminism and the Politics of Respectability|author=E. Frances White|publisher=Temple University Press|year=2001|isbn=978-1-56639-880-0|access-date=October 29, 2020|archive-date=April 12, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240412145345/https://books.google.com/books?id=MLz7jo09yiAC&q=angela+davis+African+American+Agenda+2000,&pg=PA78#v=snippet&q=angela%20davis%20African%20American%20Agenda%202000%2C&f=false|url-status=live}}</ref>

Davis has continued to oppose the [[death penalty]]. In 2003, she lectured at [[Agnes Scott College]], a liberal arts women's college in [[Decatur, Georgia]], on prison reform, minority issues, and the ills of the criminal justice system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.agnesscott.edu/spotlightDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FAdmissions%2FAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=91360c59-8fdf-4a2c-871e-2a520121de7d|title=ASC Spotlight–Africana Studies|publisher=Agnesscott.edu|access-date=October 20, 2011|archive-date=March 11, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160311040413/https://www.agnesscott.edu/spotlightDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FAdmissions%2FAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=91360c59-8fdf-4a2c-871e-2a520121de7d|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On October 31, 2011, Davis spoke at the Philadelphia and Washington Square [[Occupy Wall Street]] assemblies. Due to restrictions on electronic amplification, her words were [[human microphone]]d.<ref>[http://www.nationofchange.org/angela-davis-occupy-wall-st-nyc-1320071291 ''Nation of Change''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103193610/http://www.nationofchange.org/angela-davis-occupy-wall-st-nyc-1320071291 |date=November 3, 2011 }}, nationofchange.org; accessed February 28, 2015.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0X7zC19xco| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/w0X7zC19xco| archive-date=December 11, 2021 | url-status=live|title=Occupy Philly address| date=October 29, 2011|publisher=Youtube.com|access-date=December 4, 2013}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In 2012, Davis was awarded the 2011 [[Ethecon Foundation|Blue Planet Award]], an award given for contributions to humanity and the planet.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://financegreenwatch.org/?p=4801|title=Censure award for TEPCO Award to be handed over in Tokyo to those responsible for Fukushima (Ethecon)|date=June 22, 2012|website=financegreenwatch.org|access-date=May 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221204904/http://financegreenwatch.org/?p=4801|archive-date=February 21, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>

At the 27th Empowering Women of Color Conference in 2012, Davis said she was a [[vegan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Grace Lee Boggs in Conversation with Angela Davis|url=http://www.radioproject.org/2012/02/grace-lee-boggs-berkeley|publisher=Making Contact|date=2012|access-date=March 15, 2014|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331175937/https://www.radioproject.org/2012/02/grace-lee-boggs-berkeley|url-status=live}}</ref> She has called for the release of [[Rasmea Odeh]], associate director at the [[Arab American Action Network]], who was convicted of immigration fraud in relation to her hiding of a previous murder conviction.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angela Davis: Free Rasmea Odeh, political prisoner|url=http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2014/11/04/angela-davis-free-rasmea-odea/18429933|work=[[The Detroit News]]|date=November 4, 2014|access-date=December 18, 2014|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328070924/https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2014/11/04/angela-davis-free-rasmea-odea/18429933/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=hid>{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-feds-woman-hid-terror-conviction-to-get-citizenship-20131022-story.html|title=Feds: Woman hid terror conviction to get citizenship|date=October 22, 2013|author=Jason Meisner|work=Chicago Tribune|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date=July 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180708093533/http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-feds-woman-hid-terror-conviction-to-get-citizenship-20131022-story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=terror>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/05/federal-trial-rasmea-odeh-immigration-fraud|title=Arab-American activist on trial for allegedly concealing terror role in immigration papers|date=November 5, 2014|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date=March 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331175932/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/05/federal-trial-rasmea-odeh-immigration-fraud|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=trial>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/trial-set-for-jerusalem-terror-convict-who-moved-to-us|title=Trial set for Jerusalem terror convict who moved to US|date=September 3, 2014|work=The Times of Israel|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date=April 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413225628/http://www.timesofisrael.com/trial-set-for-jerusalem-terror-convict-who-moved-to-us/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=ha>{{cite web|url=http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.613739|title=Palestinian convicted of two bombings back in U.S. court over immigration fraud|date=September 2, 2014|work=Haaretz|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924210859/http://www.haaretz.com/news/world/1.613739|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="SommerShadow">{{cite news|last1=Sommer|first1=Allison|title=The Palestinian Woman Convicted of Terror Casting a Shadow Over 'Day Without Women'|url=http://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.775997|access-date=March 10, 2017|work=Haaretz|date=March 9, 2017|archive-date=January 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115075558/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-1.775997|url-status=live}}</ref>

Davis supports the [[Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions]] campaign against [[Israel]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions: What is BDS?|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/boycott-divestment-sanctions-bds-170110165203991.html|work=aljazeera.com|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-date=March 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328182217/https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2017/01/boycott-divestment-sanctions-bds-170110165203991.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Angela Davis at Oregon State University.jpg|thumb|Davis in 2019]]
Davis was an honorary co-chair of the [[2017 Women's March|January 21, 2017, Women's March on Washington]], which occurred the day after [[First inauguration of Donald Trump|President Donald Trump's inauguration]]. The organizers' decision to make her a speaker was criticized from the right by [[Humberto Fontova]]<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fontova|first1=Humberto|title=Humberto Fontova – Women's March Celebrates World's Top Torturers of Women|url=http://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2017/01/28/womens-march-celebrates-worlds-top-torturers-of-women-n2277739|work=Townhall|language=en|date=January 28, 2017|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128055321/http://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2017/01/28/womens-march-celebrates-worlds-top-torturers-of-women-n2277739|url-status=live}}</ref> and the ''[[National Review]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Crookston|first1=Paul|title=The Top Five Worst Speeches at the Women's March on Washington|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444154/womens-march-speeches-marked-left-wing-extremism-social-justice|work=National Review|date=January 24, 2017|language=en|access-date=March 12, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128055426/http://www.nationalreview.com/article/444154/womens-march-speeches-marked-left-wing-extremism-social-justice|url-status=live}}</ref> Libertarian journalist [[Cathy Young]] wrote that Davis's "long record of support for political violence in the United States and the worst of human rights abusers abroad" undermined the march.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Young|first1=Cathy|title=Women's March on Washington honors Soviet tool: Column|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/21/womens-march-washington-honors-soviet-tool-column/96851084/|work=USA Today|date=January 21, 2017|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128130305/http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/01/21/womens-march-washington-honors-soviet-tool-column/96851084/|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 16, 2018, [[Dalhousie University]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], presented Davis with an honorary degree during the inaugural [[Viola Desmond]] Legacy Lecture, as part of the institution's bicentennial celebration year.<ref>{{cite web |title=Angela Yvonne Davis – Convocation – Dalhousie University |url=https://www.dal.ca/academics/convocation/history_traditions/honorary_degree_recipients/bicentennial_hon_degree/angela_davis.html |website=Dalhousie University |publisher=dal.ca |access-date=June 24, 2020 |archive-date=June 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628000707/https://www.dal.ca/academics/convocation/history_traditions/honorary_degree_recipients/bicentennial_hon_degree/angela_davis.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On January 7, 2019, the [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]] (BCRI) rescinded Davis's [[Fred Shuttlesworth]] Human Rights Award, saying she "does not meet all of the criteria". Birmingham Mayor [[Randall Woodfin]] and others cited criticism of Davis's vocal support for Palestinian rights and the movement to boycott Israel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/alabama-civil-rights-institute-rescinds-angela-davis-honor/503991152/|title=Alabama civil rights institute rescinds Angela Davis honor|first=Jay|last=Reeves|website=Star Tribune|date=January 7, 2019|access-date=January 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331175931/http://www.startribune.com/alabama-civil-rights-institute-rescinds-angela-davis-honor/503991152/|archive-date=March 31, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lartey |first1=Jamiles |title=Birmingham Civil Rights Institute under fire for rescinding Angela Davis honor |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/07/birmingham-civil-rights-institute-rescinds-honor-angela-davis |access-date=January 27, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 7, 2019 |archive-date=January 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127112202/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/07/birmingham-civil-rights-institute-rescinds-honor-angela-davis |url-status=live }}</ref> Davis said her loss of the award was "not primarily an attack against me but rather against the very spirit of the indivisibility of justice."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Angela |title=Statement on the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute |url=https://portside.org/2019-01-08/statement-birmingham-civil-rights-institute |website=Portside |date=January 8, 2019 |access-date=January 27, 2019 |archive-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118192922/https://portside.org/2019-01-08/statement-birmingham-civil-rights-institute |url-status=live }}</ref> On January 25, the BCRI reversed its decision and issued a public apology, stating that there should have been more public consultation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Angela Davis to receive civil rights award after museum reverses decision |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/25/alabama-civil-rights-museum-angela-davis |access-date=January 27, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 25, 2019 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126222643/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/25/alabama-civil-rights-museum-angela-davis |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Reversing Course, Civil Rights Museum to Honor Angela Davis After All |url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/reversing-course-civil-rights-museum-to-honor-angela-davis-after-all-1.6873399 |access-date=January 27, 2019 |agency=[[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]] |newspaper=[[Haaretz]] |date=January 25, 2019 |archive-date=January 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190126141343/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/reversing-course-civil-rights-museum-to-honor-angela-davis-after-all-1.6873399 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2019, along with other public figures, Davis signed a letter supporting [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] leader [[Jeremy Corbyn]] describing him as "a beacon of hope in the struggle against emergent far-right nationalism, xenophobia, and racism in much of the democratic world", and endorsed him in the [[2019 United Kingdom general election|2019 UK general election]].<ref name="nme">{{cite news|last=Neale|first=Matthew|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/new-letter-supporting-jeremy-corbyn-2568734|title=Exclusive: New letter supporting Jeremy Corbyn signed by Roger Waters, Robert Del Naja and more|work=[[NME]]|date=November 16, 2019|access-date=November 27, 2019|archive-date=November 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191126184628/https://www.nme.com/news/music/new-letter-supporting-jeremy-corbyn-2568734|url-status=live}}</ref>

On January 20, 2020, Davis gave the Memorial Keynote Address at the [[University of Michigan]]'s MLK Symposium.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Bruckner|first=Meredith|date=January 15, 2020|title=Political activist Angela Davis to keynote University of Michigan's 34th annual MLK Symposium|url=https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2020/01/15/political-activist-angela-davis-to-keynote-university-of-michigans-34th-annual-mlk-symposium/|access-date=October 21, 2020|website=Click on Detroit|language=en|archive-date=October 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201025015810/https://www.clickondetroit.com/all-about-ann-arbor/2020/01/15/political-activist-angela-davis-to-keynote-university-of-michigans-34th-annual-mlk-symposium/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Davis was elected as a member of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|title=New Members|url=https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2021|access-date=April 24, 2021|website=American Academy of Arts & Sciences|language=en|archive-date=May 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523105313/https://www.amacad.org/new-members-2021|url-status=live}}</ref>

In recent years, Davis' work has reflected her concern over the incarceration of poverty-stricken and marginalized groups.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Angela Davis |url=https://dacaseminar.fas.harvard.edu/people/angela-davis |access-date=2024-02-25 |website=dacaseminar.fas.harvard.edu |language=en |archive-date=February 25, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240225002038/https://dacaseminar.fas.harvard.edu/people/angela-davis |url-status=live }}</ref>