Professor Angela Davis will present two public lectures in Aucklad and Wellington this week. Angela Davis is currently Professor of History of Consciousness at the University of California

Born in Alabama in 1944, Angela Davis is an African - American philosopher who was associated with the Black Panther Party in the 1960s and 1970's, as well as the Communist Party of the United States of America. She first achieved nationwide notoriety when she was linked to the murder of the judge Harold Haley during an attempted Black Panther prison break; she fled underground, and was subject to an intense manhunt. After 18 months as a fugitive, she was captured, arrested, tried, and eventually acquitted in one of the most famous trials of recent U.S. history.

Auckland: 25 June 2007 Maidment Theatre (8 Alfred St, Auckland University Campus) 7pm - 8:30pm

Wellington: 26 June 2007 Rutherford House, Lecture Theatre 1 (23 Lambton Quay - Nth End) 7pm - 8:30pm

Links: Angela Davis (Wikipedia Article) | Black Panther Party (Infoshop.org Wiki Article) | Interview: Black Autonomy, Civil Rights, the Panthers and Today | Discussion on Aocafe