Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black activist since 1979, dies in Cuba
Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist who was given political asylum in Cuba after her 1979 escape from a U.S. prison where she had been serving a life sentence for killing a police officer, has died.

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Cuba announces the death of Assata Shakur, a fugitive Black Liberation Army militant sought by US since 1979
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