Sweet Black Angel -- Rolling Stones

Got a sweet black angel,  Got a pin up girl,   Got a sweet black angel, 
Up upon my wall.   Well, she ain't no singer   And she ain't no star, 
But she sure talk good,   And she move so fast.  But the gal in danger, 
Yeah, de gal in chains,   But she keep on pushin',  Would ya take her place? 
She countin' up de minutes,   She countin' up de days,  She's a sweet black angel,  
Not a sweet black slave. 

Ten little niggers  Sittin' on de wall,  Her brothers been a fallin', 
Fallin' one by one.   For a judge's murder   In a judge's court, 
Now de judge he gonna judge her  For all dat he's worth. Well de gal in danger, 
De gal in chains,   But she keep on pushin'  Would you do the same? 
She countin' up de minutes,   She countin' up de days, 
She's a sweet black angel,  Not a gun toting teacher, Not a Red lovin' school marm,   Ain't someone gonna free her,  Free de sweet black slave, 
Free de sweet black slave.                                                                (sing365) 

This is about Angela Davis, a black radical who was arrested, but eventually acquitted, of aiding a courtroom escape in 1970 in which 4 people died. She was the vice-presidential candidate on the US Communist party ticket in 1980  

The lyrics are a parody of black stereotypes. Mick Jagger sang like Buckwheat from The Little Rascals to make his statement of support for Angela Davis. Potentially inflammatory lyrics like "Ten little nigga," did not cause much controversy because it was so clearly a parody                                                                                                                  (songfacts)

 

Angela Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American political activist, scholar, and author. Davis emerged as a nationally prominent activist in the 1960s, when she was associated with the Communist Party USA, the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Panther Party. Prisoner rights have been among her continuing interests; she is the founder of "Critical Resistance", an organization working to abolish the prison-industrial complex. 

Her membership in the Communist Party led to Ronald Reagan's request in 1969 to have her barred from teaching at any university in the State of California. She was tried and acquitted of suspected involvement in the Soledad brothers' August 1970 abduction and murder of Judge Harold Haley in Marin County, California.  She was twice a candidate for Vice President on the Communist Party USA ticket during the 1980s.               (wikipedia)    

 1960s radical-turned-academic Angela Davis