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Assata Shakur, born on July 16, 1947, is a renowned American activist. She is known for her involvement in the Black Power Movement, particularly for her association with the Black Panther Party. Shakur became a fugitive from justice after escaping from a New York state prison in 1979 and seeking refuge in Cuba.

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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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“Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be so much more.”

Has Beens Oppression Warrior

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“I think that any time anybody gets rid of oppression, intervention, exploitation, cruelty - that's positive.”

Thinking Cruelty Oppression Exploitation Intervention

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“Cubans understand that theirs is a country that provides sanctuary for people fleeing oppression. As a nation, they are very proud of this stance. They don't care how much the U.S. government badgers or attacks them.”

People Country Government Care Nations Proud Don't Care Oppression Sanctuary Stance Cuban Fleeing Badgers

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“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be acutely aware of being a slave.”

People Thinking States Used Grows Normal Slave Tolerance Oppression

Book:Assata: An Autobiography

Source: Assata: An Autobiography

“I hate war, and I hate having to struggle. I honestly do because I wish I had been born into a world where it was unnecessary. This context of struggle and being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression. Otherwise I would be a sculptor, or a gardener, carpenter - You know, I would be free to be so much more… I guess part of me or a part of who I am, a part of what I do is being a warrior - a reluctant warrior, a reluctant struggler. But I do it, because I’m committed to life.”

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Author:Assata Shakur

“People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows.”

People Thinking Used Grows Tolerance Oppression

Book:Assata: An Autobiography

Source: Assata: An Autobiography

“Where there is oppression, there will be resistance.”

Resistance Oppression

Book:Assata: An Autobiography

Source: Assata: An Autobiography

“Black revolutionaries do not drop from the moon. We are created by our conditions. Shaped by our oppression.”

Black Conditions Moon Oppression Revolutionary

Book:Assata: An Autobiography

Source: Assata: An Autobiography

“It is the obligation of every person who claims to oppose oppression to resist the oppressor by every means at his or her disposal. Not to engage in physical resistance, armed resistance to oppression, is to serve the interests of the oppressor; no more, no less. There are no exceptions to the rule, no easy out.”

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Author:Assata Shakur

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Born: July 16, 1947
Known for: Activist
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