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Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate.
Apr 21, 2023 · Afeni Shakur was born Alice Faye Williams on January 10, 1947, in Lumberton, North Carolina. Born to Rosa Belle and Walter Williams Jr., Alice was no stranger to violence, even from an early...
Apr 11, 2022 · After marrying Lumumba, Alice Faye Williams changed her name to Afeni Shakur. David Fenton/Getty Images Black Panther Afeni Shakur in 1970. By day, Tupac’s mom Afeni Shakur worked as a teacher. And by night, she wrote the Harlem Black Panther newsletter and volunteered at a hospital.
Born Alice Faye Williams in 1947 in North Carolina, she became politically active in her 20s, joining the Black Panthers. She served 11 months in prison, during which time she was pregnant...
May 3, 2016 · Davis was born Alice Faye Williams in Lumberton, North Carolina, according to a biography of her written by actress Jasmine Guy.
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May 3, 2016 · Ms. Shakur was born Alice Faye Williams on Jan. 10, 1947, in Lumberton, N.C., and moved to New York with her family in the 1960s. She changed her name after joining the Black Panther movement....
Born as Alice Faye Williams in Lumberton, North Carolina on January 10, 1947, the incredible woman who would later be known as Afeni Shakur faced a tumultuous childhood tainted by her father’s abuse towards her mother.
