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Mar 1, 2022 · by Kassidy Tarala. March 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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May 21, 2018 · While underground, Assata Shakur was placed on the FBI's Most Wanted List and indicted for three bank robberies (April 5, 1971, August 23, 1971, and September 1, 1972), the kidnapping and murder of two drug dealers (December 28, 1972, and January 2, 1973), and the attempted murder of policemen on January 23, 1973.
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. It looks like...
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 ...
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.
Assata Shakur was convicted of murder, then escaped to Cuba. A half-century later, she's still at the center of a cultural divide.
Jul 16, 2022 · On her 75th birthday – Assata Shakur: ‘I am a 20th century escaped slave’ – International Action Center. Posted in Cuba, Racism & Oppression. By Mirinda Crissman. July 15, 2022. In honor of Assata Shakur’s 75th birthday on July 16, the IAC is reprinting this slightly edited version of her open letter, first posted on Dec. 30, 2014.
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