ANGELA DAVIS JOINS OAKLAND SYMPHONY
Editors ChoiceThis Saturday at 7:30pm, the Oakland Symphony’s signature Playlist concerts
celebrate Angela Y. Davis, the historic activist and educator, and the conscience
of a generation. She will share the pivotal moments of her life journey and the
music related to them that inspired her courage and her commitment. The
performance is at The Paramount (2025 Broadway, Oakland).
This special event is hosted by W. Kamau Bell, Oakland Symphony’s 2018
Playlist honoree, and welcomes back to the podium two-time Emmy-winner
Rickey Minor, who led the 2022 Playlist with Debbie Allen.
Tickets start at just $25. Slipped Disc readers can enjoy a 15% discount on all
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PLAYLIST: Angela Y. Davis
OAKLAND SYMPHONY
Angela Y. Davis, special guest
W. Kamau Bell, host
Rickey Minor, conductor
Angela Davis? Are you kidding? A disgrace.
“Conscience of a generation?” Madness.
“She will share the pivotal moments of her life journey. ” Will that include discussion about her trip to the gun shop to buy the weapons used in the kidnap and murder of a California judge?
That’s a very quaint way of describing her. I have little doubt as to what her reaction was when she heard about last Saturday’s atrocities. Add to that the fact that this “educator” is one of those most responsible for crafting and pushing the curriculum that is leading to many of our young people to come out of their educational experience as the sort of people we saw celebrating the massacre on countless American college campuses.
Seriously? Is this a good look for an orchestra? Any orchestra? Only someone with cursory and the barest knowledge of US history could call Angela Davis the “conscience of a generation”. Have you any idea what she stood for and remains unrepentant of? Obviously, that is a rhetorical question. You don’t.
She has done far more good than bad in life. Despite what her critics here say.
Well done!
How did you arrive at that calculation? She has normalized and justified terrorism.
I’m not sure this guy has more than the vaguest knowledge of who Angela Davis is or what she stands for.
Reliable Soviet apologist and winner of the “Lenin Peace Prize,” LOL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_the_Soviet_Union
Interesting and predictable comments here. Maybe they should instead honor the slave-owners George Washington and Thomas Jefferson instead?
Davis first gained fame in the 1960-70s through her work within second-wave feminism and Marxist advocacy, specifically fighting against the firing of Communist professors at University of California. More recently, she has fought for prison abolition and spoken out in support of Occupy Wall Street, and Black Lives Matter.
Davis has been a controversial figure for her entire career, but recently institutions like UCLA, Pomona College, and The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, who opposed Davis in the past, have invited her back to lecture and receive awards.
You can listen to her in conversation here:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=66NfETSYdJE