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Social Media Mourns Assata Shakur’s Passing

News of Assata Shakur’s death has sparked a wave of emotion across social media, with many honoring the revolutionary’s life and impact.
09/26/2025

Living in Assata’s Words

From Havana to Harlem, the revolutionary’s quotes on freedom, love, and resistance remain a blueprint for survival—and a reminder that liberation is never granted, only taken.
09/26/2025

Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army Member and Political Activist, Dies at 78

Convicted in the 1973 killing of a New Jersey state trooper, she escaped prison and spent decades in exile. To U.S. officials she was a wanted terrorist; to supporters, a symbol of resistance.
09/26/2025

Chris Christie Wants Flights Between NJ and Cuba Banned Until Assata Shakur Is Brought Back to U.S.

New Jersey governor wants Shakur to "face justice."
10/22/2015

Cuba Signals That Extradition of US Fugitives Off the Table

Assata Shakur will likely retain asylum in the nation.
12/23/2014

U.S.-Cuba Relations May Mean Prison for Assata Shakur

NJ authorities want her back stateside to finish sentence.
12/18/2014
Stricter Laws Have Increased the Incarceration Rate

Release Ordered of Man Convicted in Trooper Death

Former Black Panther Sundiata Acoli was convicted in 1973.
09/30/2014
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When Artists Unite: Classic Music Ensembles

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The 411 Black Feminism

A Black Feminism Syllabus For FLOTUS Doubters

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This Day in Black History: July 16, 1947

Assata Shakur was born in New York City.
07/16/2013

Assata Shakur Named a Most Wanted Terrorist

Shakur is the first woman on the FBI's most wanted list.
05/03/2013