Assata Shakur

Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, sometimes referred to by her married surname Chesimard, is a former member of the Black Liberation Army, who was convicted, under New Jersey's "aiding and abetting" statute, of the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. On November 2, 1979, she escaped from prison, and in 1984, she surfaced in Cuba, where she was granted political asylum.

Born:

Jul 16, 1947 In Jamaica, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

Movie/TV Credits:

4

First Appeared:

In the movie Eyes of the Rainbow 1997-01-01

Latest Project:

Movie 13th 2016-10-07