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I worked, studied, mothered and continued to be an activist. I found that Cuba was much different from the US its government was genuinely trying to erase racism.

Assata Shakur

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Assata Shakur
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: July 14
Activist
Jamaica
Queens
Joanne Deborah Byron
Found
Erase
Government
Genuinely
Different
Cuba
Trying
Activist
Much
Continued
Studied
Racism
Worked
Mothered

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