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People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom. - Assata Shakur
" "People are tried and convicted in the newspapers and on television before they ever see a courtroom.
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About Assata Shakur
Assata Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947) is an activist who was found guilty in the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster. Shakur was incarcerated in several prisons in the 70s. She escaped from U.S. prison in 1979 and has been living in Cuba in political asylum since 1984. Shakur is the step-aunt/godmother of the late Tupac Shakur.
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JoAnne Deborah Byron
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Joanne Deborah Byron
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Joanne Deborah Chesimard
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Assata Olugbala Shakur
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Every day out in the streets now, i remind myself that black people in amerika are oppressed. It's necessary that I do that. People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be accurately aware of being a slave.
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