Assata
An Autobiography
Ranked #55 in AA, Ranked #57 in Prison — see more rankings.
On May 2, 1973, Black Panther Assata Shakur (aka JoAnne Chesimard) lay in a hospital, close to death, handcuffed to her bed, while local, state, and federal police attempted to question her about the shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike that had claimed the life of a white state trooper. Long a target of J. Edgar Hoover's campaign to defame, infiltrate, and criminalize Black nationalist organizations and their leaders, Shakur was incarcerated for four years prior to her conviction on flimsy evidence in 1977 as an accomplice to murder.
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- #95 in African American
- #66 in African American History
- #65 in African History
- #77 in Black Author
- #71 in Justice
- #96 in Racism
- #61 in Revolution
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