Assata Shakur
Author of Assata: An Autobiography
About the Author
Works by Assata Shakur
Associated Works
The State of the Race: Creating Our 21st Century: Where Do We Go from Here? (2004) — Foreword, some editions — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Shakur, Assata
- Legal name
- Shakur, Assata Olugbala
- Other names
- Byron, JoAnne Deborah (birth name)
Chesimard, Joanne Deborah - Birthdate
- 1947-07-17
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Country (for map)
- USA
- Birthplace
- Queens, New York, USA
- Places of residence
- Cuba (political asylum)
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Queens, New York, USA
Clinton Correctional Facility for Women, Union Township, New Jersey, USA
New Jersey State Reception and Correction Center, Yardville, New Jersey, USA
Rikers Island Correctional Institution for Women, New York, New York, USA (show all 8)
Yardville Youth Correction and Reception Center, New Jersey, USA
Alderson Federal Prison Camp, Alderson, West Virginia, USA - Education
- Borough of Manhattan Community College
City College of New York - Relationships
- Shakur, Tupac (nephew)
Kunstler, William M. (attorney) - Organizations
- Black Panther Party
Black Liberation Army
Republic of New Afrika
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Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
Very glad I got round to this.
A very intense, powerful memoir of Assata Shakur's early life intermingled with her life after her arrest and the incredible amount of injustice she faced in numerous court systems, undergoing torturous isolation and other terrible treatment typical of prisons. It's TENSE but so, so powerful. I think you could teach this whole book as a real introduction to why the PIC should be abolished, or you could teach excerpts from her treatment. Her statement that she read in court in particular I think could be a great tool for kids to be introduced to the injustice of the American criminal court system and the US in general.
Just so powerful, I definitely recommend folks read it.… (more)
Just so powerful, I definitely recommend folks read it.… (more)
This was an intense read, but one that is very important. It is something that people, especially Americans need to know about. I would recommend it to anyone.
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