In 1968 Davis joined the Communist Party USA as Soviet tanks crushed the movement for [[democracy]] in the [[Prague Spring]]. She joined the Che-Lumumba Club, an all-black branch of the Communist Party USA named for international Communist sympathizers and leaders [[Che Guevara]] and [[Patrice Lumumba]], of Cuba and the Congo, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angela Davis Biography: Academic, Civil Rights Activist, Scholar, Women's Rights Activist|url=http://www.biography.com/people/angela-davis-9267589|website=biography|publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC.|accessdate=}}</ref> In an attempt to clean up radicalism at college campuses, President [[Ronald Reagan]] urged the dismissal of Davis from [[UCLA]] because of her membership in the Communist Party.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OwhvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA140 African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia]</ref> | In 1968 Davis joined the Communist Party USA as Soviet tanks crushed the movement for [[democracy]] in the [[Prague Spring]]. She joined the Che-Lumumba Club, an all-black branch of the Communist Party USA named for international Communist sympathizers and leaders [[Che Guevara]] and [[Patrice Lumumba]], of Cuba and the Congo, respectively.<ref>{{cite web|title=Angela Davis Biography: Academic, Civil Rights Activist, Scholar, Women's Rights Activist|url=http://www.biography.com/people/angela-davis-9267589|website=biography|publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC.|accessdate=}}</ref> In an attempt to clean up radicalism at college campuses, President [[Ronald Reagan]] urged the dismissal of Davis from [[UCLA]] because of her membership in the Communist Party.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=OwhvBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA140 African Americans and Criminal Justice: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia]</ref> |