‘No No No No’: Radical Activist Angela Davis Dismayed to Learn Her Ancestors Owned Slaves, Arrived on Mayflower

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Far-left activist Angela Davis found out through PBS she is a descendant of someone who came to America in 1620 on the Mayflower.

Not only that, but one of her relatives owned slaves in Georgia.

The former Black Panther did not take the news well – at least not initially.

Davis, 79, appeared on PBS’ “Finding Your Roots,” where host Henry Louis Gates Jr. unspooled her identity in front of the world.

In spite of her life fighting the legacy of “colonizers,” she was informed she is descended from one of the first non-natives to call America home — a man named William Brewster.

In a clip he shared on Twitter, Gates handed the proud Marxist a sheet of paper. It was a manifest of Mayflower passengers, which the host chipperly informed his guest contained a relative in Brewster.

She appeared as though her life had been turned upside-down.

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