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1 day ago · Shakur's godmother, Assata Shakur, is a former member of the Black Liberation Army who was convicted in 1977 of the first-degree murder of a New Jersey State Trooper. Since 2013, she has been in the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list after she escaped prison in 1979.
2 days ago · Towards the standard and spirit of George Jackson, Assata Shakur, J. Sakai, Butch Lee, Ed Mead, Bo Brown, Atiba Shanna, Kuwasi Balagoon, and many other movement elders whose works have moved the underground and clandestine struggle to its highest peaks. OUR DAY HAS COME. THE TIME IS NOW. BUILD THE UNDERGROUND.
22 hours ago · As ever, the life, work and sacrifices of Assata Shakur remained present in my mind while experiencing these texts. My residency at Market Gallery also reflected on processes of exile, removal, censorship and erasure that marked the context of much of the literature that I studied while undertaking a Masters in African Literature in Johannesburg, South Africa.
4 days ago · Shakur, Assata. Assata: An Autobiography , pp. 226–226. anist authors such as bell hooks, Audre Lorde, and Alice Walker—have books that have become popularized over the years—which can be credited to the shift in Black women’s attitudes as they enter the dating scene, requiring a vastly different approach to relationships as compared to our mothers, aunties, and grandmothers.
1 day ago · Summary. Black nationalism is an important element of African American political organizing and cultural production. It is a theory that emphasizes three primary principles: (a) the idea of a racial consciousness; (b) the idea that people of African descent share a linked fate, and (c) the need for collectivity and collective action to undermine anti-Blackness.
22 hours ago · The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. ~ Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Source: Lee Lockwood / Getty. It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We have nothing to lose but our chains. ~ Assata Shakur. ADVERTISEMENT.
3 days ago · Assata Shakur fut, dans les années 60 et 70, militante du Black Panther Party et de l'Armée de Libération Noire. Elle a connu le formidable bouillonnement d'une époque de révoltes et d'espérances pour les Noirs des États-Unis, comme la répression.
