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Assata Shakur, Political Activist Who Sought Asylum in Cuba, Dead at 78

“I was tried for the murder of a New Jersey State Trooper by an all-white jury in a highly prejudiced county where something like 70 percent of those polled already believed I was guilty,” Assata sai...

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Assata Shakur, wanted Black Liberation Army member, dies at 78 in Cuba

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Assata Shakur, sought by FBI for 1973 murder of New Jersey trooper, dies in Cuba

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Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a state trooper, dies at 78

Black liberation activist and American fugitive Assata Shakur, who escaped to Cuba more than 45 years ago after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, died in Havana, the government...

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Assata Shakur, Convicted Black Liberationist and Tupac’s Godmother, Dead at 78

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Assata Shakur, Black revolutionary on F.B.I.'s most wanted list, dies in Cuba

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Assata Shakur, black liberation activist exiled in Cuba, dies at 78

Shakur maintained her innocence and reappeared in Cuba in 1984 where she was granted asylum by former president Fidel Castro.

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Assata Shakur dies in Cuba after decades on the run

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Political activist Assata Shakur confirmed dead at 78 by Cuban officials

AFRO American Newspapers

Many mourn death of Assata Shakur, exiled Black liberation activist and global symbol of resistance

Assata Shakur, the former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member who escaped a U.S. prison and lived in exile in Cuba for more than four decades, has died at 78. To some she was a fugitive and convicted killer,