{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Assata Shakur","description":"Assata Olugbala Shakur (\/\u0259\u02c8s\u0251\u02d0t\u0259 \u0283\u0259\u02c8k\u028a\u0259r\/ \u0259-SAH-t\u0259 sh\u0259-KOOR; born JoAnne Deborah Byron, July 16, 1947[a] \u2013 September 25, 2025) was an American political activist, revolutionary, and fugitive who was a member of the Black Panther Party, and later the Black Liberation Army.[3] In 1977, she was convicted of the first-degree murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike in 1973. She escaped from prison in 1979 and was wanted by the FBI, with a $1 million reward for information leading to her capture, and an additional $1 million reward offered by the New Jersey attorney general.[4] She was never caught and remained a fugitive for 45 years. ","author_name":"Citation Needed","author_url":"http:\/\/citationpod.com","html":"