Joanne Chesimard, who changed her name to Assata Shakur, a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army, leaves Middlesex County courthouse in New Brunswick, N.J., April 25, 1977.

Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, sometimes referred to by her married surname Chesimard, is a former member of the Black Liberation Army, who was convicted, under New Jersey's ...

On May 2nd, 1973, Assata Shakur, a Black Panther, was driving down the New Jersey State Turnpike with two companions, Zayd Shakur and Sundiata Acoli. The three were pulled over, ostensibly for a ...

The name of Assata Shakur, a woman convicted in the 1973 killing of a New Jersey state trooper, has been used by Black Lives Matter to illustrate what the group called Cuba’s "solidarity with ...

Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors repeatedly praised FBI most wanted terrorist Assata Shakur in posts on social media. Shakur, also known as JoAnne Chesimard, was convicted of being ...

Assata Shakur has been living in Cuba since 1986, after escaping from prison where she was serving a life sentence imposed in a highly disputed trial. Assata was a Black Panther then a Black ...

More than anything, Assata Shakur’s story feels to her supporters like she was at one with hip-hop’s sense of rebellion. At the core, hip-hop music has balked at convention in all its forms ...

Assata Shakur, BLA member Sundiata Acoli and state trooper James Harpur survived the incident on the New Jersey Turnpike. Acoli, also known as Clark Edward Squire, was sentenced to life in prison ...

Assata Shakur was not only the future famous rapper’s step-aunt, but she was also his godmother. Related. Mariah Carey’s Short-But-Sweet Encounter With Tupac Shakur Left Her Starstruck ...

The Colin Kaepernick Foundation donated in April $25,000 to Assata’s Daughters, a Chicago “direct action” resistance organization honoring Assata Shakur, who escaped prison and fled to Cuba ...

JetBlue Airlines is apologizing for a Black History Month display that included Assata Shakur, who was convicted of murdering a New Jersey state trooper in 1973 and is currently on the FBI's list ...