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Name: Assata
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Author: Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur’s memoir chronicles her transformation from JoAnne Chesimard into a prominent Black Panther, her arrest following a 1973 shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike, and her four‑year incarceration on what she and supporters say were fabricated charges. She discusses how state and federal agencies, including the FBI, targeted her and other Black nationalist leaders. The narrative includes her political and personal motivations, the challenges of living as a fugitive, and her eventual escape from prison in 1979. After her escape, Shakur was granted political asylum by Cuba, where she now resides.

First publish date: 1987

Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography

Authors: Assata Shakur

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