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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 who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the murder of state trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973.
Jul 16, 2022 · My name is Assata Shakur, and I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government’s policy toward people of color.
Nov 2, 2018 · Biography of Assata Shakur, the activist who joined the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army and ended up on the FBI's “Most Wanted” list.
May 16, 2019 · Civil rights activist turned convicted murderer, Assata Shakur, continues to be a "top priority" for law enforcement officials, even 40 years after she was broken out of a Clifton, New Jersey, prison and fled to Cuba.
May 21, 2018 · From 1971 to 1973, the Black Liberation Army was held responsible for a series of sniper attacks and bank robberies in New York, New Jersey, St. Louis, and Detroit. Assata Shakur, or JoAnne Chesimard as the media and authorities continued to call her, was acknowledged to be the soul of the BLA.
Assata Olugbala Shakur is an Black civil rights activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA). Between 1971 and 1973, Shakur was accused of several crimes, none of which had sufficient evidence to back them.
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.
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. Assata...
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.
Apr 29, 2023 · Some people know the surviving woman at the center of the story as Joanne Chesimard, a cop killer on the lam. But to others, she’s Assata Shakur, a folk hero of the civil rights movement.
