Angela Davis

Of necessity focusing on her minor involvement in the recording industry, this discussion of Angela Davis obviously glosses over many important details concerning her important philosophical and political contributions to American society. If it was pop music that was at stake, cynics would probably suggest her greatest asset would be the absolutely brilliant Afro hairstyle she sported at the height of her notoriety in the '70s. Davis' appearances on recordings, however, are not surprisingly linked to her political agenda, described in one biography as "racial and gender equit...