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    Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947 [a] ), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is an American political activist and convicted murderer who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA).

  3. www.blackpast.org › african-american-history › assataAssata Olugbala Shakur (1947- ) • - Blackpast

    Feb 8, 2014 · Assata Olugbala Shakur—political activist, author, fugitive, and step-aunt of the famed, slain hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur—was born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947 in New York City, New York. Following her parents’ divorce in 1950, she moved with her mother and maternal grandparents to Wilmington, North Carolina. Shakur spent much ...

  4. www.thoughtco.com › biography-of-assata-shakur-4177967Profile: Assata Shakur, FBI's “Most Wanted” Radical

    Nov 2, 2018 · Learn about the life and activism of Assata Shakur, a Black radical who joined the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Find out how she became a fugitive and a symbol of resistance in Cuba.

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    May 21, 2018 · Assata Shakur was born JoAnne Deborah Byron in New York City on July 16, 1947. Until the age of three, she lived with her parents, her aunt, and her grandparents in a house in Flushing, Queens. Her father was an accountant for the federal government and her mother taught elementary school.

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    Assata Shakur “ On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur, aka JoAnne Chesimard, lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that claimed the life of a white state trooper.

  8. progressive.org › magazine › impact-of-assata-shakurThe Life and Ongoing Impact of Assata Shakur - Progressive.org

    Mar 1, 2022 · 10:12 AM. Expand. Assata Shakur, a former member of the Black Liberation Army, was convicted in 1977 for the murder of a state trooper during a shootout in New Jersey. In 1979, she escaped from prison and made her way to Cuba, where she was granted political asylum and continues to live today.

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    Assata Shakur's complex legacy: Convicted of killing a cop, and a folk hero to the Black power movement | WNYC | New York Public Radio, Podcasts, Live Streaming Radio, News.

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