Riveting as fresh and relevant today as it was almost 50 years ago. The words fire off the page with humour anger and eloquence GuardianA powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela DavisEdited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974 An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Liberation era which resonates just as powerfully today. It is reissued now with a new introduction by Davis for a new audience inspired and galvanised by her ongoing activism and her extraordinary example.In the book she describes her journey from a childhood on Dynamite Hill in Birmingham Alabama to one of the most significant political trials of the century from her political activity in a New York high school to her work with the U.S.