Many people respect Angela Davis and believe that she is trying to change the world for the better. Many people find her to be commendable. Davis is an American political speaker, author, and scholar. She also is the leader of the Communist Party USA and was close with the Black Panther Party when she was involved with the civil rights movement. Davis was part of an organization called Critical Resistance, which sought to abolish the prison industry. Also, she was a professor at the University of California and the former director of university Feminist Studies. Davis’s mother was part of the Southern Negro Congress, which was connected with the Communist organizations and believers who for the most part influenced…show more content… Many people believe that, in order to change the world, people have to change themselves. Davis believes this as well. To many people, Davis just wanted the best, and wanted all voices to be heard. This author and activist also asserts that governments should place more focus on the needs and interests of common people. Her belief in an active federal government has made her enemies, such as conservatives who mistrust a strong federal government. To Davis, in order for society to change, the people have to get serious and believe in themselves. They should not get deterred just because the people in power start to get violent with…show more content… She had been accused of murdering a cop (the charges were later dropped). She is asked: “How do you get to be revolutionary? Do you get there by conflict?” She answers: “When you talk about a revolutionary most people think violence, without realizing that the real content of any kind of revolutionary thrust lies in the principals and goals that you’re striving for, not in the way you reach them. But you’re going to have to expect violence, especially with the kind of world that we are living in.” with that being said, today’s society is no different from the society Davis was living in, living in a black community your entire life, or just being a black male walking down the street your constantly stopped by the police regardless if they know you or