Angela Y. Davis is an internationally renowned political activist, author, and scholar who is a leading voice on Black liberation, feminism, and social justice. She is a Distinguished Professor Emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and is known for her work synthesizing Marxist, feminist, and critical race theories. Davis is a key figure in the prison abolition movement and is the author of numerous influential books, including Women, Race, and Class and Are Prisons Obsolete? Her activism, which includes a period on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted List and a global "Free Angela Davis" campaign, has profoundly shaped public discourse on the intersections of race, gender, and the U.S. justice system.