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It seemed that there was no time to catch up with all the things that were happening. I would be at ...

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Assata: An Autobiography

Before going back to college, i knew i didn't want to be an intellectual, spending my life in books ...

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People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for i...

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Assata: An Autobiography

I'm not quite sure what freedom is, but i know damn well what it ain't. How have we gotten so silly,...

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Most of us felt that taking control of our neighborhoods was the first step toward liberation...Firs...

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Assata: An Autobiography

He said that he was sorry but Robert Bey had called and told him i was no longer in the party. I was...

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Assata: An Autobiography

No one is going to give you the education you need to overthrow them. Nobody is going to teach you y...

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The world, in spite of oppression, is a beautiful place.

this is the 21st century and we need to redefine r/evolution. this planet needs a people’s r/evoluti...

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Assata Shakur

Activist

Born: 1947-07-16

Died: N/A

Assata Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947) is an activist who was found guilty in the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster. Shakur was incarcerated in several prisons in the 70s. She escaped from U.S. prison in 1979 and has been living in Cuba in political asylum since 1984. Shakur is the step-aunt/godmother of the late Tupac Shakur.More