The controversial Black liberation activist formerly known as Joanne Deborah Chesimard fled to Cuba after escaping a New ...

We take a look back at one of the Black Liberation Army's most iconic and controversial members, Assata Shakur ...

Assata Shakur, a political activist who sought asylum in Cuba following her 1977 conviction in the killing of a state trooper ...

The Chicago Teacher’s Union is catching heat for a social media post that reverently remembered the legacy of Joanne ...

Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, died Thursday in the capital city of Havana due to "health conditions and ...

Black activist and fugitive Assata Shakur dies at 78 in Cuba, reigniting debate over her legacy and U.S. justice.

Assata Shakur, a radical black militant fugitive who murdered a New Jersey state trooper, died of natural causes in Cuba at ...

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 ...

The Black freedom fighter escaped in 1979 from a New Jersey prison and lived in exile in Cuba for the rest of her life.

Shakur, U.S. citizen and fugitive born Joanne Deborah Byron, died Thursday from "health problems and advanced age," the Cuban ...