Portrait of Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur

Bio: 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 "aiding and abetting" statute, of the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. On November 2, 1979, she escaped from prison, and in 1984, she surfaced in Cuba, where she was granted political asylum
Born: Wed, Jul 16 1947
Birthplace: Queens, New York, USA
Assata Shakur is 77 years old
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Poster of 13th
13th
Assata Shakur was
69 in 13th
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Fri, Oct 07 2016
Poster of Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
Assata Shakur was
60 in Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
as 'Self (archive footage)'.
Fri, Feb 15 2008
Poster of Fred Baker - filmmaker
Fred Baker - filmmaker
Assata Shakur was
60 in Fred Baker - filmmaker
Thu, Jul 26 2007
Poster of Eyes of the Rainbow
Eyes of the Rainbow
Assata Shakur was
49 in Eyes of the Rainbow
as 'Self'.
Wed, Jan 01 1997

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