She was known by two names that convey two very different identities. One depicted her as a revolutionary heroine, an innocent target of police repression. The other was the name of a merciless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shakur is probably best known for her 1987 autobiography, Assata: An Autobiography, a raw and powerful account of Shakur's ...

Revolutionary icon Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Chesimard, will consistently be recognized by many as one of the most prominent figures in American civil rights history. Shakur passionately ...

Assata Shakur, fugitive Black activist who escaped life sentence for killing police officer has passed away in Cuba. Photo courtesy of Frank Hurley/ NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images On Thursday, ...

For nearly fifty years, the fugitive revolutionary Black nationalist Assata Shakur defied the monstrous system of racialized mass incarceration in the United States. Since the 1970s, more than seven ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. She was known by two names that convey two very different identities. One depicted her as a revolutionary heroine, an innocent ...

She was known by two names that convey two very different identities. One depicted her as a revolutionary heroine, an innocent target of police repression. The other was the name of a merciless ...