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    Assata Shakur

    American former member of the Black Liberation Army (born 1947)

    "Assata" redirects here. For the book, see Assata: An Autobiography.

    Assata Shakur

    Photograph taken in 1977

    Born

    JoAnne Deborah Byron


    (1947-07-16) July 16, 1947 (age 77)[a]

    New York City, U.S.

    Known forConvicted of murder, one of the FBI's "Most Wanted Terrorists", friend of Afeni Shakur and Mutulu Shakur and often described as their son Tupac Shakur's "godmother" or "step-aunt"[1]
    Criminal statusEscaped/At large
    Spouse

    Louis Chesimard

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    (m. 1967; div. 1970)​
    Children1 (Kakuya Shakur)
    AllegianceBlack Liberation Army (1970/1–1981)
    Black Panther Party (1970)
    Conviction(s)
    • First degree murder
    • Atrocious assault and battery
    • Assault and battery against a police officer
    • Assault with a dangerous weapon
    • Assault with intent to kill
    • Illegal possession of a weapon
    Cr

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    First woman put on FBI's 'Most Wanted Terrorist' list

    Chesimard was a leader of the Black Liberation Army, which the FBI described as a revolutionary extremist organisation responsible for killing more than a dozen US police officers in the 1970s and 1980s.

    In 1973, she and two accomplices were stopped on the New Jersey Turnpike by two troopers from the New Jersey State Police. They then opened fire on the troopers, wounding one and killing the other "execution-style" at point-blank range, according to the FBI. One of Chesimard's accomplices died in the shootout; the other remains in jail.

    In 1977, Chesimard was sentenced to life in prison after being funnen guilty of first grad murder, assault and battery of a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon, assault with avsikt to kill, illegal possession of a weapon, and armed robbery.

    However, two years later she broke out of the Clinton Correctional Facility in New Jersey with the help of arme

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    Assata: An Autobiography

    On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder. This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. The result is a signal contribution to the literatu
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