January, 2011 - Angela Davis - Silver Flash

Angela Davis

Angela Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. Davis was most politically active during the late 1960s through the 1970s and was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party. Prisoner rights have been among her continuing interests; she is the founder of "Critical Resistance", an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. She is presently a retired professor with the History of Consciousness Department at the University of California, Santa Cruz and is the former director of the university's Feminist Studies department. She is also currently a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Department at Syracuse University.  Her research interests are in feminism, African American studies, critical theory, Marxism, popular music and social consciousness, and the philosophy and history of punishment and prisons.  Her membership in the Communist Party led to Ronald Reagan's request in 1969 to have her barred from teaching at any university in the State of California. On August 18, 1970, Davis became the third woman to appear on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list. She was tried for suspected involvement in the Soledad brothers' August 1970 abduction and murder of Judge Harold Haley in Marin County, California.  In 1972, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. The mere fact that she owned the guns used in the crime was not sufficient to establish her responsibility for the plot. John Lennon and Yoko Ono, wrote the song "Angela" on their album Some Time In New York City to show their support. Mick Jagger also wrote a song for her: "Sweet Black Angel" was released on the album Exile on Main Street. She was twice a candidate for Vice President on the Communist Party USA ticket during the 1980s. In the early 1990s she moved from party communism to other forms of political commitment, and she has identified herself as a democratic socialist. In 1997, she declared herself to be a lesbian in Out magazine. 

The Drink

Silver Flash  (Flashdance: 3rd grossing film in 1983)

1 ¾ oz sloe gin
¾ oz Benedictine
1 dash orange bitters

Drinkability:  3

Drunkability:  2
Taxic Diversity: 2.5
Accessibility:  3
Priority for Conservation:  3

Comments:  "NP tastes red & newspaper - graphite pencil, OH says wishes"

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