Assata Shakur, born on this day in 1947, is a revolutionary socialist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) who became the first woman to be added to the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list in 2013.
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Shakur grew up in New York City and Wilmington, North Carolina. She became involved in political activism at Borough of Manhattan Community College and City College of New York, participating in sit-ins and civil rights protests.
After graduating from college, Shakur briefly joined the Black Panther Party, leading its Harlem chapter. She left the Panthers and joined the Black Liberation Army, a black power group that was inspired by the Viet Cong and Algerian resistance movements and waged guerrilla warfare against the U.S. government from 1970 to 1981. Shakur was one of the targets of the FBI’s COINTELPRO program.
After being involved in a shootout with New Jersey police officers, Shakur was convicted on multiple counts of assault and murder and sentenced to life in prison. In 1979, BLA members freed her in a bloodless prison escape.
Shakur successfully sought political asylum in Cuba, where she died on September 25, 2025, at the age of 78
“I didn’t know what a fool they had made out of me until I grew up and started to read real history.”
- Assata Shakur
I hope you nerds have a good month of July 
Remember no crackers
This Black woman I was crushing on is now saying the whole “Black Americans are Indigenous to the Americas” shit now.
Yeah, never mind, I think I’m done here.
What a bizarre take. Is that at all a common sentiment? What does she mean? The trans-atlantic slave trade is documented history.
It’s gotten traction that has led to a “vocal minority” kind of dynamic, but trust me, most Black Americans definitely don’t believe in this BS. At least I hope that is the case.
I remember hearing some of those theories growing up. Did she say which theory she believed?
She believes that all Indigenous people of all lands of the world are “Black” and that Black people are the “original” people of every region on Earth. She believes that most Black Americans are not of African descent but instead fall under some “Aboriginal Black American” kind of category. She thinks these “Aboriginal Black Americans” lived alongside those who are more commonly known as Indigenous Americans way before the transatlantic slave trade. She pointed to Melanesians and Aboriginal Australians as “proof” of this in a way to basically argue “See, Blackness isn’t only from Africa!” I can’t with this. I genuinely liked her but hell nah. I AM AN AFRICAN.
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