BE THE LIGHT How She Became Angela Davis

Emotive piano music introduces this biography of Civil Rights activist Angela Davis. Zoleka Vundla's gentle voice describes Angela's carefree youth in the Alabama countryside. When the family moves to Dynamite Hill in Birmingham, things change: The KKK is terrorizing people, and signs proclaim "Whites Only," a phrase Angela hates and that Vundla delivers with outrage. Angela's mother tenderly tells her, "Baby, it won't always be this way." Vundla's confidant Angela becomes a professor at UCLA and joins the Communist Party. When Angela is wrongfully accused of killing a prison guard, the world protests, and she is freed. No longer a communist, she continues to work on behalf of freedom for all. Vundla vividly brings Davis's story to life for young listeners. S.G.B. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2025]