Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shakur is probably best known for her 1987 autobiography, Assata: An Autobiography, a raw and powerful account of Shakur’s ...

Revolutionary icon Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Chesimard, will consistently be recognized by many as one of the most prominent figures in American civil rights history. Shakur passionately ...

She was known by two names that convey two very different identities. One depicted her as a revolutionary heroine, an innocent target of police repression. The other was the name of a merciless ...