Assata Shakur, a revolutionary activist who rose to prominence after being convicted of the murder of a New Jersey state ...

Assata Shakur, the former Black Liberation Army activist who became a civil rights icon for some and a wanted murderer for ...

The event left fellow BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur and Trooper Werner Foerster dead. Shakur, who endured gunshot wounds on both her arms and a shoulder, maintained her innocence in Foerster’s death ...

"At approximately 1:15 PM on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath ... Assata also sustained a gunshot wound in her left shoulder as well as underneath her right arm.

Oct. 3 has hosted significant moments, such as birthdays and album releases, that have impacted the hip-hop and R&B industry.

In an excerpt from the new biography Only God Can Judge Me, friends and family of the slain rapper detail the pain, poverty, ...

Assata Shakur, a political activist and the godmother of pioneering rapper Tupac Shakur, died Sept. 25. She was 78. Her death was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cuba, where she had ...

Assata Shakur, the Black Liberationist convicted of killing a New Jersey state trooper, who was also Tupac Shakur’s godmother, has died, The New York Times reports. She was 78. Health officials in ...

(Gray News) - Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist wanted by the FBI since she escaped a U.S. prison in 1979, has died in Cuba. Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, died Thursday in ...

Assata Shakur, the Black Liberation Army member and fugitive with a $2 million FBI reward on her head, died in Havana where she had received political asylum from Fidel Castro, the Cuban Foreign ...