QuoteCivil Rights
"Angela Davis must go free. Black people will be free. I've…" — Aretha Franklin
c. 1970(Approximate date)· Aretha Franklin (speaker)
“Angela Davis must go free. Black people will be free. I've been locked up (for disturbing the peace in Detroit) and I know you got to disturb the peace when you can't get no peace. Jail is hell to be in. I'm going to see her free if there is any justice in our courts, not because I believe in communism, but because she's a Black woman and she wants freedom for Black people.”
- Speaker
- Aretha Franklin
- Occasion
- Statement in Jet magazine, December 3, 1970
Aretha Franklin publicly offering to post Angela Davis's bail after her 1970 arrest, against her own father's advice.
Sources & citations
- 1.democracynow.orgwebsite
- 2.faroutmagazine.co.ukwebsite