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I am a 20th century escaped slave. Because of government persecution, I was left with no other choice than to flee from the political repression, racism and violence that dominate the U.S. government’s policy towards people of color.

Assata Shakur

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Assata Shakur
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 14
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Jamaica
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Joanne Deborah Byron
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The U.S. doesn't recognize the laws of Cuba. They can kidnap anybody and bring them back to the States to face the so-called justice system. There's no telling what the U.S. government will do to me. I'm in constant danger I guess I've gotten used to it.
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Racism had grown out of slavery and exploitation and was very hard to eradicate quickly and completely.
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Black Revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. We are shaped by our oppression. We are being manufactured in droves in the ghetto streets, places like attica, san quetin, bedford hills, leavenworth, and sing sing. They are turning out thousands of us.
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I must confess that waltzes do not move me, I guess I hummed the blues too early, and spent too many midnights out wailing to the rain.
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The US government's most acute fear is that other countries are going to follow the Cuban example. They want everybody to know that if you follow this example we will attack you in every way that we can.
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In the long run, the people are our only appeal. The only ones who can free us are ourselves.
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My life wasn't beautiful and creative before I became politically active. My life was totally changed when I began to struggle.
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If you're deaf, dumb, and blind to what's happening in the world, you're under no obligation to do anything. But if you know what's happening and you don't do anything but sit on your ass, then you're nothing but a punk
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To become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.
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It is only for the sake of those without hope that hope is given to us.
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And if I know anything at all, it's that a wall is just a wall and nothing more at all. It can be broken down.
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