Assata Shakur

Margaret Randall1990

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library
New York, United States

Black Panther Assata Shakur (Joanne Chesimard) was accused of being a member of the Black Liberation Army and was sentenced to life in prison for the death of a state trooper killed during her arrest on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and lives in Cuba

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Title: Assata Shakur
Creator: Margaret Randall
Date Created: 1990
Location: Havana, Cuba
Rights: © Margaret Randall

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library

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