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![Words from a Sister in Exile](images/thumbnails//28107.jpg)
When revolutionary political activist Assata Shakur (previously JoAnne Chesimard) made a daring escape from prison in 1979, she- like our fugative slave ancestors- became legendary in the Black community. Here she speaks about her life in Cuba today.
![A Revolutionary Exile's Life Story](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Original News article
![Towards a Science of Women's Liberation: An Analysis from Cuba](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Casa de las AmericasYear: 1971Volume Number: March-JuneFormat: ArticleCollection: Feminist and Lesbian Politics: Monographs-Periodicals-Articles
Reproduction. Article is an English translation of an article published in the Cuban periodical Casa de las Americas
![Assata Shakur Betrayed by the Black Congressional Caucus](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
Publisher: Rain and Thunder: A Radical Feminist Journal of Discussion and ActivismYear: 1998Volume Number: Issue 1 Winter SolsticeFormat: ArticleCollection: Assata Shakur
article talking about HCR 254 which calls on the government of Cuba to extradite Assata Shakur to the US. Article critizes the Congressional Black Caucus for its support of the resolution.
![Prisoner in Paradise](images/fileicons/nodigital.png)
In 1977 Black Panther Assata Shakur was sentenced to life for a crime she says she didn't commit. Two years later she masterminded a daring prison escape and now lives in exile in Cuba. Here, 20 years after her conviction, Shakur reflects on politics, family, and the island she calls home.
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