Assata Shakur.
American activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
Communist Convicted Of Killing Cop Dies Decades After Escaping Prison, Officials Say
Black Liberation Army member Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, who was convicted of killing a state trooper before fleeing to Cuba, died Friday, according to a press release. In 1977, the then-29-year-old…
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About Assata Shakur
Assata Olugbala Shakur was a Black American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation Army. In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and was wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general. She was never caught and remained a fugitive for 45 years.
Everything about Assata Shakur →- Occupation
- political activist, poet, editing staff, resistance fighter
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 16, 1947, July 14, 1947
- Died
- September 25, 2025