ASSATA Shakur

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hundred of black people had got together to fight for their freedom.
Much of Assata's revolutionary inspiration came about from her observing of her society, especially her neighborhoods. It came apparent to her that something was not right within the quality of housings in her city blocks. Homes were usually poor in a certain city block while another was lavishing. The difference became even more attention grabbing, when she realized that the troubled looking neighborhoods belonged to the black, while the well-adhered blocks were homes of the white. This segregation troubled her deeply, given the circumstances; she lost much of her passion for her culture. Her culture lived in poor conditions, one caused mainly of their incomes. It was clear that money was the true method in overcoming of white supremacy. Certainly, it wasn't clear to her why the white had all the wealth, she never thought maybe it was the governments fault. Nevertheless, this concept stayed with her, reaching ...

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discovered many organizations of different races, all fighting one common enemy, the capitalistic, imperialistic oppressors. Her crusade continued to New York, where she became involved with the Black Panther Party.
The Black Panther Party was Assata's first step into revolutionary action at first she didn't long much desire to enroll in their organization. Although, after receiving insight into what they were all about, she gained courage to become a full participant of this hated organization. The Black Panther Party had become the number one organization targeted by the FBI's COINTELLPRO program. The BLA became repressed because of their political beliefs. J. Edgar Hoover called it ...

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