Many don't know that after Assata joined the Black Panther Party she also joined the Black Liberation Army (BLA) whose goal was to take up arms for the liberation and self-determination of

Assata spent 21 months in solitary confinement at Rikers Island after being briefly held at Garden State Youth Correctional Facility. She was later transferred to Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in New Jersey

In 2013, almost 30 years after her conviction, the FBI announced it added Shakur to its list of 'most wanted terrorists', marking the first time that a woman had been

Shakur was in Cuba by 1984. In that year, she was granted political asylum there. It is said that she worked as an English-language editor for Radio Havana Cuba. Assata still currently lives

On June 16, 2016, Trump spoke in Miami, Florida and demanded Cuba "return cop killer, Joanne Chesimard." Joanne Chesimard is Assata Shakur's born name.  Cuba said nah. Side note: June 16th is also

In 1987, she published Assata: An Autobiography, which was written in Cuba. It was also published in Britain in 2014 and  performed on BBC Radio 4 in July 2017.

Chicago rapper, Common, personally visited Assata Shakur in Cuba. He also recorded "A Song for Assata" which appeared on his 2000 album, Like Water for Chocolate.

After her escape from prison, Assata Shakur lived as a fugitive and police distributed wanted posters throughout the New York & New Jersey area. Her supporters countered by hanging 'Assata is welcome here'