Keynote Speaker: Angela Davis   

Angela Davis is an icon of her generation - an outspoken powerhouse at the vanguard of the Black Power movement, feminist scholarship, and prison reform. She provides something most other scholars cannot - a firsthand account of the most powerful social movements in the latter half of the twentieth century.

In her work on race, injustice, and incarceration, she draws upon her experiences in the early seventies as a person who spent eighteen months in jail and on trial after being placed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List for a crime she did not commit. She also shares her past and focuses on the present: how far we have come and what current injustices we need to address.

Exploring a nuanced and passionate look at America's problems with racism and injustice, Angela offers a forecast of the current state of equality and what we can do to improve rights for everyone.