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Assata Shakur, Tupac's godmother who sought political asylum in Cuba, dead at 78

Assata Shakur, a political activist and the godmother of pioneering rapper Tupac Shakur, died Sept. 25. She was 78. Her death was confirmed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Cuba, where she had ...
CNN

I tracked down Tupac’s godmother Assata Shakur, the FBI’s most wanted in Cuba, as a CNN intern. It was surprisingly easy

Shortly after arriving in Cuba, Assata Shakur was stopped by a policeman, not because she was a wanted fugitive and convicted cop killer in the United States but because she was Black. It was clearly ...
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Assata Shakur, fugitive on FBI ‘Most Wanted’ list and Tupac Shakur’s godmother, dies in Cuba

(Gray News) - Assata Shakur, a Black liberation activist wanted by the FBI since she escaped a U.S. prison in 1979, has died in Cuba. Shakur, who was born Joanne Deborah Chesimard, died Thursday in ...
WNDU

Assata Shakur, fugitive on FBI ‘Most Wanted’ list and Tupac Shakur’s godmother, dies in Cuba

In 2013, the FBI made her the first woman on its list of “most wanted terrorists” and placed a $2 million bounty on her head, CNN reported. She was on the run from the FBI since escaping from a prison ...