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Angela Davis Angela Davis In the United States, women have been fighting for equal rights ever since the inception of the constitution and its democratic policies. Although, the constitution is supposed to grant all Americans equal rights, it only served as a facade of false ideals of freedom and equality. Due to the biased policies of the United States government, the movement of woman suffrage was introduced in the mid-19th century to ensure that women received fair treatment. The perseverance of this powerful movement and its followers paid off in 1920, when the 19th amendment was ratified. The 19th amendment allowed women to vote. However, one particular group of people was forgotten in the struggle for equal rights, the blacks. Although, women gained the privilege of voting, the black woman was put on the “back burner” for equal rights. Black women particularly had a difficult time fighting for equal rights, because they had two “strikes” against them; they were women, and more importantly, they were black. This injustice spawned a new generation of freedom fighters who vied for equal rights for women and blacks, which had been denied to them previously. Freedom fighters such as Assata davis, angela, political, women, rights, equal, black, prison, party, communist, university, school, birmingham, became, although, against, united, states, racism, movement, jackson, however, eventually, during, davis’s, california, blacks, being, worldwide, woman, very, time, struggle, philosophy, people