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

Shakur was born JoAnne Deborah Byron in July 1947 in New York City and was raised between the city and Wilmington, North Carolina. She was the step-aunt and godmother of the late rapper Tupac Shakur. She became involved in political activism for black Americans while in college, first with the Black...

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