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

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

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

TNND — The Cuban Foreign Ministry announced Friday, Assata Shakur, one of the FBI's most wanted fugitives has died. After escaping prison in 1979, Shakur fled to Havana, where she received political ...

Shakur, U.S. citizen and fugitive born Joanne Deborah Byron, died Thursday from "health problems and advanced age," the Cuban Foreign Ministry said.

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The news was originally shared on Facebook by Assata's daughter before being confirmed by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign ...

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 on Sept. 26. She was 78. Shakur, who's ...

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison ...