Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison ...
She led a life overshadowed by violence — convicted of killing a state trooper, breaking out of prison and fleeing to Cuba 42 ...
Cuban officials said Joanne Chesimard, who escaped prison in 1979 after being convicted of murdering New Jersey State Trooper ...
Assata Shakur, a Black American liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba, has died at the age of 78 after ...
Assata Shakur, a Black activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison, has died, ...
Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.
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