. >> miss davis was a phi beta kappa at brandeis university in boston, she did graduate work in germanynist party. and that made her a target of california governor ronald reagan. >> when the regents finally decided to fire me, i said it was obvious that there was racism involved. the very first press conference i held in the immediate aftermath of my firing at ucla, i think my eyes were wide open, and my knees were shaking under the table. and today people look at that and they say, "oh, you were so much more militant then." and i said, "no, i was just afraid." >> gunfire came from automatic rifles, shotguns and pistols. >> a year later.ùa bloody courthouse siege brought her worldwide attention, though she wasn't even there. an attempt to free the so-called 'soledad brothers,' a group of inmates accused of killing a prison guard, ended in a shootout. >> when it was over, judge haley was dead, two of the inmates were dead. >> the guns used in the attack were traced to davis. she said she had bought them for her security team after getting death threats. and she went into hiding. >> the