Black Liberation Activist Was 78
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Assata Shakur, the Black liberation activist and former member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, has died in Havana, Cuba, at the age of 78. The Cuban government confirmed her passing on Thursday, marking the end of one of the most controversial and influential lives in modern U.S. political history.
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Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Deborah Chesimard, was an associate of Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army during the 1970s