Rest In Power: Assata Shakur, Revolutionary, Author, & Black Liberation Icon Passes Away At 78

BOSSIP can confirm that Assata Shakur, the revolutionary whose name has become a rallying cry for freedom fighters across generations, has passed away at 78. Source: Newsday LLC / Getty Born JoAnne Deborah Byron on July 16, 1947, in Queens, New York, the godmother and step-aunt of Tupac Shakur transformed herself into one of the most influential figures of the Black Liberation Movement. She was a member of the Black Panther Party before joining the Black Liberation Army, where she fought fiercely against white supremacy, capitalism, and state violence. NewsOne reports that her activism came . . .