Political activist Angela Davis will lecture on "Beyond the Prison Industrial Complex" at 6 p.m. tomorrow (Feb. 11) in the upper auditorium of the DeRoy Building. The presentation previously was scheduled for the Community Arts Auditorium but has been relocated.

The program is free and open to the public. Advance tickets are available in room 351 of the Student Center Building or can be obtained at the lecture.

Davis will autograph copies of her books after the lecture; books will be available for purchase at the event. Titles include Angela Davis: An Autobiography; Women, Race & Class; and Blues Legacies and Black Feminisms: Gertrude "Ma" Rainey, Bessie Smith and Billie Holliday.

Davis is well known for her activities as a student, teacher, writer, scholar and organizer. She came to national attention in 1969 after being removed from her teaching position in the philosophy department at the University of California at Los Angeles as a result of her social activism and membership in the communist party. In 1970 she was placed on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List and was the subject of an intense police search.

After spending 16 months in prison Davis was acquitted in 1972 and helped found the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

She is currently a professor in the history of consciousness program at the University of California at Santa Cruz, and previously has lectured at San Francisco State University, the California College of Arts and Crafts and Stanford University. Davis also serves on the board of directors of the National Black Women's Health Project.