In 1977, she was convicted in the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She was given political asylum by Cuba, where she still resides. Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron Ja) is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). Two years after her conviction, Assata Shakur escaped from prison. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. The result is a signal contribution to the literature about growing up Black in America that has already taken its place alongside The Autobiography of Malcolm X and the works of Maya Angelou. Read reviews and buy Assata - by Assata Shakur (Paperback) at Target. With wit and candor, Assata Shakur recounts the experiences that led her to a life of activism and portrays the strengths, weaknesses, and eventual demise of Black and White revolutionary groups at the hand of government officials. This deeply reflective and honest autobiography by former Black Panther Assata Shakur.
This intensely personal and political autobiography belies the fearsome image of JoAnne Chesimard long projected by the media and the state. Do you know who Assata Shakur is Because you need to. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder. On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper.
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