[DAVIS, Angela (b. 1944)]. Press photograph of Davis leading march for the Soledad Brothers in front of the State building in Los Angeles, while regents at UCLA voted against renewing her contract. Los Angeles, CA, 20 June 1970.
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[DAVIS, Angela (b. 1944)]. Press photograph of Davis leading march for the Soledad Brothers in front of the State building in Los Angeles, while regents at UCLA voted against renewing her contract. Los Angeles, CA, 20 June 1970.
8 x 9 7/8 in. silver gelatin photograph (some corner and edge wear). Caption in negative in left margin.
Davis is shown walking the picket line with Jonathan P. Jackson (at left), who was a brother to one of the three African Americans accused of killing a white guard at Soledad state prison, where they served as inmates. While she was attending the march, regents at the University of California voted 15-6 against renewing her contract as an assistant professor of philosophy at the university.
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