Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur is a former member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, who gained international attention after being convicted of murder in the 1970s in connection with a police shootout. After escaping from prison, she sought asylum in Cuba, where she has lived since the 1980s. Shakur remains a controversial figure, viewed by some as a freedom fighter and by others as a fugitive.
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Assata Shakur's name is featured on an office sign in the new bookshop opened by Paddy Cosgrave.
Centrist dads need not apply to join Paddy Cosgrave’s latest endeavour – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-01-18
Assata Shakur's insightful words that oppressed peoples have never achieved freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the oppressors have been circulating widely since the news of Shakur’s passing on September 25th in Cuba.
Zones of Colonial Violence – Of Occupations, Dependency, and Deserts
Guyana· 2025-10-06
Assata Shakur was tracked as the FBI’s most-wanted fugitive.
CNN speaks to survivor of deadly Manchester synagogue attack
United States· 2025-10-03
The article tracks Assata Shakur, the FBI’s most-wanted fugitive.
Survivors pulled from rubble in collapsed school in IndonesiaUnited States· 2025-10-02
Assata Shakur is discussed as a former fugitive who has recently passed away.
Bronx resident says it felt like ‘an earthquake’ when high-rise building partially collapsedUnited States· 2025-10-02
Assata Shakur is a controversial figure in American history, known for her involvement in the Black Liberation Army and her subsequent escape from prison.
Index - Külföld - Bemutatjuk az első nőt, akit az FBI a „legkeresettebb terroristák” listájára tett
Hungary· 2025-09-30
Assata Shakur was a prominent figure who lived in Cuba after escaping from prison in the USA.
Freiheitskämpferin oder Polizistenmörderin? Assata Shakur ist tot
Switzerland· 2025-09-29
Assata Shakur is mentioned as a fugitive Black liberation activist whose death raises questions about the depiction of revolutionary Black women in film.
Jezebels, race kink and Cardi B: in One Battle After Another, Black women are still stereotypes | Film
United Kingdom· 2025-09-29
Assata Shakur was honored by the Chicago Teachers Union after her death.
Anderson's 'One Battle After Another' opens after left-wing violenceUnited States· 2025-09-28
The Chicago Teachers Union mourned Assata Shakur, a convicted killer who was on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists List.
Chicago Teachers Union honors convicted killer in controversial postUnited States· 2025-09-27
Assata Shakur, a member of the Black Liberation Army and fugitive, died in Havana where she had received political asylum.
Assata Shakur, fugitive from FBI and Tupac’s godmother, dies in CubaUnited States· 2025-09-27Assata Shakur is a former member of the Black Liberation Army and is known as the godmother of rapper Tupac Shakur.
Assata Shakur: I tracked down Tupac’s godmother – the FBI’s most wanted in Cuba – as a CNN intern. It was surprisingly easyUnited States· 2025-09-27Assata Shakur, an activist with the Black Liberation Army exiled in Cuba for four decades, has died in Havana, aged 78.
Assata Shakur, black Liberation activist exiled in Cuba dies at 78United Kingdom· 2025-09-26
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a US prison, has died.
Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black militant sought by the US since 1979, dies in Cuba | World News
Jamaica· 2025-09-26
Assata Shakur is celebrated by Taylor's group as a freedom fighter and political activist.
BLM organizer leading protests against Trump's crime crackdown called for abolishing policeUnited States· 2025-08-13
Assata Shakur is a former Panther who escaped from prison and is considered a fugitive.
What happens when the US declares war on your parents? The Black Panther cubs know | RaceUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-25
Assata Shakur is a fugitive from the United States linked to terrorism and is sheltered by Cuba.
Los prisioneros políticos de Cuba como monedas de cambio
Venezuela· 2025-02-20
