"Black women are still compelled to expose the invisibility to which we have been relegated in both theory and practice, within large sectors of the established women's movement." Angela Davis has long campaigned for the rights of her black sisters and brothers. She shot to infamy in 1970 when she was declared by the FBI one of America's ten most wanted criminals. "Consider armed and dangerous", they warned. Davis went underground for two months. Finally arrested and falsely accused of murder, kidnap and conspiracy, she was eventually acquitted in 1972 after 18 months on remand and one of America's most famous trials. Her image of that period, with her legendary Afro hairstyle and black leather jacket, became synonymous with black militancy. In 1978 she was awarded the International Lenin Peace Prize. She continues to highlight the position of black women and men in America in her speeches and books, and much of her work has been to highlight the historical achievements of black women, long since hidden in a white-dominated version of events.
