BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: ASSATA SHAKUR!

BY: LEON KWASI KUNTUO-ASARE Assata Olugbala Shakur (born Joanne Deborah Byron) was born in Jamaica, Queens, New York, on the 16th of July 1947. While attending the Borough of Manhattan Community College and later City College of New York, she would begin her political activism career, by getting involved in black student political activities, student sit-ins and various protests ( … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: ASSATA SHAKUR!