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

Assata Shakur, also known as Joanne Chesimard, was convicted of murdering a state trooper in 1973 and escaped prison in 1979.

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 ...

Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, died on September 25, 2025, per Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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 ...

Political activist and Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur dies in Havana, Cuba, at 78, her daughter shares on ...

Assata Shakur -- godmother to rapper Tupac Shakur -- has died in Cuba, according to her daughter. Her daughter wrote on ...

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

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 ...