Ancestry of
Angela Y. Davis

Civil Rights Activist
and former Black Panther

Sallye Margarite Bell

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• • Mother of Angela Y. Davis — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 3 
  • Father:
  • John Austin Darden 
  • Mother:
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  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Sep 1914 
  • Birth Location:
  • Goodwater, Coosa, Alabama 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Death Date:
  • 8 Nov 2007 
  • Death Location:
  • Ohio 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Benjamin Frank Davis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 9 Jan 1942 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Jefferson County, Alabama 
  • Child:

  Angela Yvonne Davis (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Sallye Bell grew up in a foster family. Her foster parents were John and Alice (Johnson) Bell. Sallye's biological father John Austin Darden was discovered through DNA testing and revealed on the PBS show Finding Your Roots by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Her biological mother remains unknown.

• Sources for Sallye Margarite Bell

  • ¹ Alabama, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1805-1967, Marriage certificate for Benj Frank Davis and Sllye Margarite Bell.
  • ² Alabama, U.S., Episcopal Diocese of Alabama Church Records, 1837-1970, Baptism record for daughter Angella Yvonne Davis.
  • ³ Federal Census, AL, Jefferson County, 1950, Birmingham, E.D. 68-2, Sheet 4, Image 5 of 29.
  • ⁴ Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2022, Death record for Sallye M Davis.
  • ⁵ PBS Television, Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., 21 FEB 2023, Season 9, Episode 8, Angela Y. Davis.

Angela Y. Davis photo by Bernard Gotfryd