“Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation.”

—  Angela Davis

"For a People's Culture." Political Affairs, March 1995.

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American political activist, scholar, and author 1944

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