Assata Shakur died in Cuba. Nearly 50 years ago, she was convicted of killing a New Jersey trooper.

The controversial Black liberation activist formerly known as Joanne Deborah Chesimard fled to Cuba after escaping a New ...

Assata Shakur, fugitive Black activist who escaped life sentence for killing police officer, dies in Cuba

In her telling, and in the minds of her supporters, she was pursued for crimes she didn't commit or that were justified. The ...

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Joanne Chesimard, convicted of murdering NJ state trooper, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a political activist known as Joanne Chesimard, convicted of killing a NJ state trooper in 1977, died in Cuba at 78.

Assata Shakur, convicted in 1970s shooting of NJ State Trooper, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, who made national headlines in the 1970s when she was convicted of killing a state trooper on the New Jersey Turnpike, died in Cuba.

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Assata Shakur, fugitive Black militant convicted of killing police officer who has been sought by US since 1979, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for ...