Assata Shakur

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former member of the Black Liberation Army former member of the Black Panther Party fugitive human political activist writer

Assata Shakur is a former Black Panther and Black Liberation Army member, convicted in the 1973 killing of a New Jersey state trooper, who became an icon of Black radical resistance after escaping prison and receiving political asylum in Cuba.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former member of the Black Liberation Army → former member of the Black Panther Party → fugitive → human → political activist → writer →
alsoKnownAs	JoAnne Chesimard → JoAnne Deborah Chesimard →
asylumStatus	political asylum in Cuba →
birthName	JoAnne Deborah Byron →
citizenship	United States of America →
convictedIn	United States →
convictedOf	armed robbery → assault → murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster →
countryOfAsylum	Cuba →
countryOfBirth	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1947-07-16 →
dateOfDesignation	2005-05-02 →
dateOfEvent	1973-05-02 →
designatedAs	domestic terrorist by the FBI →
education	City College of New York → Manhattan Community College →
escapeFrom	Clinton Correctional Facility for Women →
escapeFromCustody	1979-11-02 →
ethnicGroup	African American →
genre	autobiography →
hasBounty	2000000 USD reward →
hasChild	Kakuya Shakur →
influenced	Black radical movements →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
memberOf	Black Liberation Army → Black Panther Party →
movement	Black Liberation movement → Black Power movement →
name	Assata Shakur →
notableFor	controversial conviction and escape → symbol of Black radical resistance →
notableWork	Assata: An Autobiography →
placeOfBirth	New York City → Queens →
placeOfEvent	East Brunswick Township, New Jersey → New Jersey Turnpike →
religion	Islam →
residence	Cuba →
significantEvent	New Jersey Turnpike shootout →
spouse	Louis Chesimard →
subjectOf	FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list →
wantedBy	Federal Bureau of Investigation → State of New Jersey →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Black Power movement →	hasKeyFigure
Black Panther Party →	hasMember
Assata Shakur →	name