Angela Davis was on the run, slipping through cities in wigs and disguises like a drag queen swapping looks between runway walks. Her face was plastered on wanted posters across the country as the FBI hunted her down.
It was 1970. Davis — a queer Black woman, scholar, and revolutionary — had been charged with murder, kidnapping, and conspiracy for standing against a system that sought to silence her.
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Fast forward to today, when transgender people are under attack, reproductive rights have been gutted, and Donald Trump’s dangerous rhetoric threatens democracy. Davis’s bold defiance against injustice feels more relevant than ever and serves as a rallying cry in an election where the stakes could not be higher.
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Davis grew up in the heart of the Jim Crow South: Montgomery, Alabama, a city simmering with racial tension …