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Joanne Chesimard passed away on September 25, 2025, in Havana, Cuba. She was better known as Assata Shakur. Born in Queens in 1947, Shakur was drawn toward radical politics. She joined the Black Panther Party and later the Black Liberation Army. Both groups clashed with police and federal authorities in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beset by police incited surveillance, raids, and fiery confrontations.

In May, 1973,8 a turnpike stop in New Jersey erupted into a gun battle. Trooper Werner Foerster was killed, as was the BLA's Zayd Malik Shakur. At a time when police veracity was rarely questioned, the captured Shakur was convicted in 1977 of murdering Foerster. She maintained that she was targeted for her politics rather than for anything she had done, with supporters citing racial bias in her trial.

She escaped from federal prison in 1979, aided by her revolutionary friends. She went underground, reappearing in Cuba, where Fidel Castro granted her political asylum. She lived there for over four decades, raising a daughter and writing her 1987 autobiography, Assata, which became a touchstone for activists worldwide. In 2005, the FBI placed her on its Most Wanted Terrorists list, the first woman ever named to this list. Authorities offered $2 millionfor her capture, while activists hailed her as a symbol of resistance to oppression. Her death in Cuba sparked tributes and condemnations alike.

To critics, she remained a convicted killer who escaped justice. To supporters, she was a revolutionary exiled for confronting racism and state power. She remains a mirror of America’s deepest struggles over race, justice, and rebellion.

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