Assata Shakur
Panther party Olugbala Shakur born JoAnne Deborah Byron, sometimes referred to by her married surname Chesimard, is a former member of the Black Liberation Army who was convicted, in New Jersey's "aiding and abetting" statute, one of the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. On November 2, 1979, she escaped from prison, and in 1984, she surfaced in Cuba where she was granted political asylum.
Movies starring Assata Shakur (4)
Self (Archive Footage)
Self (Archive Footage)
