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Assata Shakur was a black panther (and later a member of the Black Liberation Army, a group formed by former Panthers after the demise of the Black Panther Party), one of the most famous, who was framed up by the FBI like so many other black revolutionaries in ameriKKKa. After being imprisoned for four years, comrades of hers broke her out of prison and several years later she escaped ameriKKKa altogether and claimed political asylum in Cuba (like many other Panthers and african revolutionaries) where she now lives.

In her autobiography, which I am posting here, she describes her upbringing in the most racist country on earth, and also the time she was in prison being kept in unthinkable conditions, and continuously going to court defending herself against charge after charge levelled against her, all of them being cooked up by the FBI, and almost all of them defeated by Assata. The narrative of the autobiography switches regularly from detailing her childhood to describing her horrible time in prison.

Also I should mention some well known relatives of Assata Shakur. Assata is Tupac Shakur's aunt, and many of his songs are dedicated to her, and Tupac's mother Afeni Shakur was also a Black Pantheress and was imprisoned while pregnant with Tupac on trumped up charges was later released before giving birth to Tupac. Tupac's stepfather Mutulu Shakur is one of the comrades who broke Assata out of prison.

Anyway, in my opinion this book is very important, especially for showing the blatant racism and unjust nature of the ameriKKKan "justice" system as well as it's prisons. I also think that the language this book uses is very important, and please take the time to notice when certain words are "misspelled," for Assata wrote this book in a sort of black power language. In other words, instead of writing America she writes amerikkka, and she often uses kourt instead of court. The kkk obviously referring the the Klu Klux Klan which is the most notorious group of racists in amerikkka, and who are and were responsible for many bombings and lynchings of africans. The k in kourt could either refer again to the KKK of perhaps more likely in this case is an abreviation of kangaroo court. But you get the picture, so be sure to notice the unique language this book is written in. And now, Enjoy comrades!

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Assata, An Autobiography.pdf