Assata Shakur





Assata Shakur

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born
July 16, 1947 in Jamaica, Queens, New York, The United States

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Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron, married name Chesimard) is an African-American activist and escaped convict 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, of which she would never be charged, and made the subject of a multi-state manhunt.


Average rating: 4.44 · 2,261 ratings · 227 reviews · 4 distinct works
Assata: An Autobiography
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4.46 of 5 stars 4.46 avg rating — 2,142 ratings — published 1987 — 7 editions
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Sparks Fly: Women Political...
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Hatred of Capitalism: A Sem...
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Still Black, Still Strong
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1993
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“A revolutionary woman can't have no reactionary man.”
Assata Shakur

“i Believe In The Fire Of Love And The Sweat Of Truth”
Assata Shakur

from Assata's time cooking at the free breakfast program for kids:

One little girl came over to me and tapped me on the back.

'There's something wrong with your pancakes.'

'What's wrong with them?'

'They don't taste good.”
Assata Shakur, Assata: An Autobiography



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