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.
Assata Shakur Dies at 78; Convicted Revolutionary Found Refuge in Cuba
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.
