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- Assata Shakur died September 25, 2025, in Cuba, where she had sought asylum after escaping prison in 1979.
- Convicted of the 1973 killing of a police officer, Shakur belonged to the Black Liberation Army and the Black Panther Party.
- Her autobiography, Assata: An Autobiography, documents her life, activism, and experiences as a political prisoner.
