Celebrating And Remembering Black Panther Assata Shakur

On the legacy of Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur was a fighter for freedom and an icon of the Black liberation movement. She came of age during the struggles of the 1960s...

Celebrating And Remembering Black Panther Assata Shakur

Assata Shakur in Cuba, Source: asha bandele and Delphine Fawandu / Delphine Fawandu The first shot severed her median nerve, the second her clavicle. At trial, medical testimony proved it was impossible for Assata Shakur to have fired a weapon on or about 1:00 AM on May 2nd, 1973 in a case that was one of the worst incidences of unchecked police violence and brutality. The court transcripts and documentation by Shakur’s attorney, Lennox Hinds in…