Assata Shakur
Biography: 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.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: July 16, 1947
Deathday: N/A
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Known For
Eyes of the Rainbow
1997-01-01
Assata aka Joanne Chesimard
2008-02-15
Fred Baker - filmmaker
2007-07-26
13th
2016-10-07