Assata Shakur, Exiled Black Liberation Icon, Dies in Cuba at 78
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Assata Shakur, a prominent Black Liberation activist exiled in Cuba for over four decades and on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, has died at age 78 in Havana due to health issues. She was involved in radical activism, was convicted of murder, and escaped from prison in 1979, later receiving asylum in Cuba. Her death marks the end of a controversial and influential figure in American and Black liberation history.
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