Cuba, Assata Shakur and FBI

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I tracked down Tupac’s godmother Assata Shakur, the FBI’s most wanted in Cuba, as a CNN intern. It was surprisingly easy
“He thought I was tourist, if he only knew,” Shakur told me. “Look there’s racism here, there’s racism in the United States. The difference is that the people at the top in the United States are the ...

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Assata Shakur, sought by FBI for 1973 murder of New Jersey trooper, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, Tupac's godmother who sought political asylum in Cuba, dead at 78
Assata Shakur, Black Liberation Army member convicted of killing a state trooper, dies at 78
Black liberation activist and American fugitive Assata Shakur, who escaped to Cuba more than 45 years ago after she was convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, died in Havana, the government...

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Assata Shakur died in Cuba. Nearly 50 years ago, she was convicted of killing a New Jersey trooper.
Assata Shakur, Convicted Black Liberationist and Tupac’s Godmother, Dead at 78
Assata Shakur, fugitive from FBI and Tupac’s godmother, dies in Cuba
Shakur, who was also the godmother and step-aunt of slain rapper Tupac Shakur, was 78 years old.

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Political activist Assata Shakur confirmed dead at 78 by Cuban officials
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Assata Shakur, Black revolutionary on F.B.I.'s most wanted list, dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, Black liberation figure and activist sought by US, dies in Cuba

Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, died Thursday in the capital city of Havana due to "health conditions and advanced age," Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement.

Assata Shakur, black liberation activist exiled in Cuba dies at 78

She fled to Cuba after being convicted in the killing of a police officer but she denied shooting the officer.

Political activist Assata Shakur passes away in Cuba at age 78

Political activist and Black Liberation Army member Assata Shakur dies in Havana, Cuba, at 78, her daughter shares on Facebook. Read more here.

Police-killing fugitive Assata Shakur dies in Cuba

Assata Shakur, a radical black militant fugitive who murdered a New Jersey state trooper, died of natural causes in Cuba at age 78.

Convicted cop killer Assata Shakur, an FBI Most Wanted terrorist, dead in Cuba, communist regime says

Cuban officials said Joanne Chesimard, who escaped prison in 1979 after being convicted of murdering New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster, has died.
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Assata Shakur, aka Joanne Deborah Chesimard, was an associate of Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army during the 1970s
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