Rescinding a Human Rights Award to Angela Davis Was Cowardly and Unfair admin, January 10, 2019August 14, 2024 The Progressive, January 10, 2019: The Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, which had described activist, author and scholar Angela Davis, professor emeritus at UC Santa Cruz, as “one of the most globally recognized champions of human rights, giving voice to those who are powerless to speak,” before rescinding plans to present her the Fred Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award next month. Civil Liberties Human Rights Israel and Palestine The Progressive civil libertiesnot audio