Summary
A Black academic and activist whose Palestine solidarity is treated in Chapter 9 of Palestine: A Socialist Introduction (Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, lines 1611-1688).
Details
- Before August 2014 she was among a small but significant group of Black public intellectuals calling attention to the oppression of Palestinians (lines 1615-1625).
- In January 2019 the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute rescinded the Fred Shuttlesworth Award it had scheduled to honor her with, after pressure from the Birmingham Holocaust Center pointing to her Palestine solidarity activism, as Al.com found; Birmingham’s city council unanimously adopted a resolution “recognizing the life work of Angela Davis”, and the institute’s chair, vice chair and secretary resigned in protest (lines 1678-1688).
- The Afterword lists her among those who have weathered attacks, smear campaigns, cancelled gigs, lost jobs and rescinded awards to stand firmly with Palestine (lines 1830-1845).
Related pages
Palestine: A Socialist Introduction, Black–Palestinian solidarity, Khury Petersen-Smith