The news was originally shared on Facebook by Assata's daughter before being confirmed by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to multiple reports Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection ...

Also known as Joanne Chesimard, she was convicted for murdering a trooper. Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member who was convicted in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, has died in ...

Assata Shakur, the Black revolutionary and godmother to Tupac Shakur, has died, Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported last Friday, September 26. A cause of death was not specified beyond “health ...

Political activist Assata Shakur, born Joanne Deborah Byron, and also known as Joanne Chesimard, has died at 78 years old. Shakur reportedly died in Havana, Cuba, on Thursday, September 25, 2025, due ...

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 ...

Leo W. Gerard, former president of the United Steelworkers who helped link the labor movement with climate action, died Sunday in his hometown of Sudbury, Ontario. He was 78. A towering figure in ...

Assata Shakur, a Black Liberation Army member who was convicted in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, has died in Cuba, where she had fled to after escaping from prison, Cuban officials ...

Sept. 26 (UPI) --The Cuban government has announced that exiled activist Assata Shakur died in Havana on Thursday at 78. Shakur was a legendary figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black ...

A member of a Black militant group, she was found guilty in the 1973 murder of a New Jersey state trooper, escaped from prison and fled to Cuba, where she taught and wrote. By Clyde Haberman Assata ...

Assata Shakur, a political activist who sought asylum in Cuba following her 1977 conviction in the killing of a state trooper, has died. Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs shared a statement on Friday ...

Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has ...