Assata Shakur

Acting

Born July 16, 1947

From Queens, New York, USA

Also known as Joanne Chesimard

Biography

Assata Olugbala Shakur, born JoAnne Deborah Byron, sometimes referred to by her married surname Chesimard, is a former member of the Black Liberation Army, who was convicted, under New Jersey's "aiding and abetting" statute, of the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shooto...