• Assata Shakur

  • Jan 23 2025
  • Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Assata Shakur

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  • Today we’re diving into the life and case of my good sis, Assata Shakur, The FBI’s most wanted woman. Assata was an educator, liberator, and a powerful organizer within the Black Panther Party. She dedicated her life to fighting for the freedom and liberation of Black people, but because of that, she became a target of the state.

    The government accused her of multiple robberies and a kidnapping, and in 1973, she was convicted of the murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike. Assata always maintained her innocence, and many believe her conviction was the result of a deeply flawed and biased trial. She was sentenced to life in prison, but in 1979, she escaped.

    And The U.S. government hasn’t stopped pursuing her. She’s on the FBI’s Most Wanted list, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and the New Jersey attorney general has added another $1 million to that bounty.

    Assata’s story is not just about resistance—it’s about survival in the face of relentless state repression. Today, we’re going to unpack her life, her contributions to the movement, and of course her case.
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