Afeni shakur

On April 2, 1969, twenty-one members of the Harlem Chapter of the Black Panther Party were formally indicted and charged with 156 counts of “conspiracy” to blow up subway and police stations, five local department stores, six railroads, and the Bronx based New York Botanical Garden. By the early morning hours of April 3, mass

Afeni with stained glass. RIP

Born Alice Faye Williams, was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the Mother of rapper Tupac Shakur. After hearing Bobby Seale speak, Williams joined the Black Panther Party when they opened an office in Harlem in 1968. There she met Lumumba Shakur, a Sunni Muslim, who she married in November 1968. Following their marriage, she changed her name to Afeni Shakur. | Tap photo for further reading

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'When Afeni set out to do something, she did it completely. There was no half stepping,' writes Santi Elijah Holley.

Afeni Shakur