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Angela Davis Fired for Being a Communist, 1969

WORT 89.9FM Madison · Sep 14, 2026 · 4:48

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September 19, 1969, Angela Davis was fired by the Board of Regents of the University of California, Los Angeles, for membership in the Communist Party. Her firing was overturned by a judge the following month, and the following year the Board of Regents fired her again, this time for “inflammatory language,” and in August 1970 she was charged with kidnapping and murder, of which she was ultimately found not guilty. Harry Richardson has the story.

Image shows Angela Davis at a rally celebrating her acquittal in Madison Square Garden, New York City. Photos by Bill Andrews. Jun 29, 1972

Image courtesy: New York University Libraries. https://hdl.handle.net/2333.1/dz08m32n

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