Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...
We lost Assata Shakur, one of our remaining revolutionaries and a member of the Black Liberation Army, last week, September 25th, 2025. “Assata’s story is rare because she not only survived white ...
Assata Shakur, a Black activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison, has died, her daughter and the Cuban government said. Shakur, who was born Joanne ...
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...
Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member who was convicted in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, has died in Cuba, where she had to fled to after escaping from prison, Cuban officials ...
Several Chicago alderpeople on Monday denounced the Chicago Teachers Union for a social media post honoring Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur. Shakur died last week at the age of 78. To some, ...
FBI Director Kash Patel appeared to be angry that many people were mourning Assata Shakur. He lashed out on social media, demanding that people remember her as he wishes. This is from the man with no ...
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – When officials from the FBI and the New Jersey State Police called a press conference to name Assata Shakur, a 65-year-old-Black women and political refugee living in Cuba, to the ...
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...