When Alice Walker speaks, we listen. The Pulitzer Prize winning author offered her thoughts on the renewed hunt for Assata Shakur. In a brief article, Walker laments a lack of empathy in US governmental policy. She writes:
Alice Walker Speaks on the Cruelty Shown to Assata Shakur by the US Government
Reviewed by For Harriet
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May 10, 2013
Rating: 5
After three decades of exile in Cuba, 65-year-old Assata Shakur is once again a wanted woman in the United States. In a joint news conference last week, the FBI and New Jersey state troopers announced Shakur’s addition to the FBI’s Top 10 Most Wanted Terrorists List. Shakur, formerly known as Joanne Chesimard, is the first woman ever named to the list. Officials made their announcement on the 40th anniversary of the murder of Werner Foerster, the state trooper Shakur is accused of killing in 1973.
In Search of Assata: Former Black Panther First Woman Named to FBI’s Top Terrorist List
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
May 06, 2013
Rating: 5
