By Victor Trammell Photo credits: Laura Whitehorn & Molly Fair Assata Olugbala Shakur (pictured) was born JoAnne Deborah Bryon on July 16, 1947, in New York City, New York. She is a political activist, novelist, U.S. dissident, and step-aunt of the renowned, murdered hip-hop icon Tupac Shakur. Early Childhood Years She relocated to Wilmington, North Carolina, with […]
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