Born JoAnne Chesimard, Assata’s life was marked by pain, injustice, and the relentless search for dignity. As a young woman, she witnessed the harsh reality of racism, police brutality, and inequality in America — realities that pushed her to join the Black Liberation Army and later the Black Panther Party, movements that sought to give a voice to the voiceless. But her bold stand for freedom came at a heavy price.

In 1973, a traffic stop on the New Jersey Turnpike turned into a national scandal — a gunfight that left one state trooper dead and Assata wounded. What followed was a politically charged trial, imprisonment, and one of the most dramatic prison escapes in U.S. history. Assata fled to Cuba, where she was granted asylum — and where she continued to live, still branded a fugitive by the U.S. government, and still honored by those who see her as a revolutionary hero.

Author; Prisca Jane

Publisher; Prisca Jane

ISBN; 979-8271678431