Davis gives her first news conference after being released on bail, 1972. Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

24 Feb 1972, San Jose, California, USA — San Jose, CA: Angela Davis attended her first news conference since being released on bail and told an audience of 200 newsmen and supporters that her release on bail was due to the “power of the people”. Left to right are: Attorneys Howard Moore and Margaret Burnham, her sister Fania Jordan, and Miss Davis. — Image by ?? Bettmann/CORBIS