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Description: Assata Olugbala Shakur (born July 16, 1947, as JoAnne Chesimard) is an African-American political activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA). On May 2, 1973, she was involved in a shootout on the New Jersey turnpike that resulted in the death of a state trooper and BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur. Despite maintaining her innocence, Shakur was convicted of murder and spent six and a half years in prison before escaping in 1979 to New Jersey. She has been living in Cuba since 1984. This is her official support website.
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Subject: Political prisoners.
Creator: Shakur, Assata.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: Assata Olugbala Shakur (born July 16, 1947, as JoAnne Chesimard) is an African-American political activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) and Black Liberation Army (BLA). On May 2, 1973, she was involved in a shootout on the New Jersey turnpike that resulted in the death of a state trooper and BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur. Despite maintaining her innocence, Shakur was convicted of murder and spent six and a half years in prison before escaping in 1979 to New Jersey. She has been living in Cuba since 1984. This is her official support website.
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Subject: Political prisoners.
Creator: Shakur, Assata.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: The Black Radical Congress (BRC), founded in 1998 in Chicago, is a radical African American activist coalition of organizations and individuals focused on advocating for broad progressive social justice, racial equality and economic justice goals within the United States. The BRC holds conferences and other programs. The website only gives information on the BRC’s history and biographical information on notable individuals relating to the BRC.
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Subject: Black Radical Congress., Black nationalism., African American radicals
Creator: Black Radical Congress.
Publisher: Black Radical Congress.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: The Black Radical Congress (BRC), founded in 1998 in Chicago, is a radical African American activist coalition of organizations and individuals focused on advocating for broad progressive social justice, racial equality and economic justice goals within the United States. The BRC holds conferences and other programs. The website only gives information on the BRC’s history and biographical information on notable individuals relating to the BRC.
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Subject: Black Radical Congress., Black nationalism., African American radicals
Creator: Black Radical Congress.
Publisher: Black Radical Congress.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: The Brooklyn Women's Chorus is a community chorus that was formed in October 1997 by Park Slope resident and musician, Bev Grant. The chorus has a repertoire ranging from South African freedom songs to socially relevant songs by contemporary American songwriters like Garth Brooks, Jackson Browne, Pat Humphries and Bev Grant, herself. Topics range from freedom and justice, to peace, resistance, and women's labor history.
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Subject: Brooklyn Women's Chorus., Grant, Bev., Choruses (Women's voices)--Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Women's music., Political ballads and songs., Women--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc.
Creator: Brooklyn Women's Chorus.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the use of law as a force for social change. Some issues CCR works on is illegal detention and Guantanamo, surveillance and attacks on dissent, criminal justice and mass incarcerations, corporate human rights abuse, government abuse of power, racial and gender justice, and international law and accountability. The website lists news and current cases. Note that the CCR’s records are at the Tamiment Library.
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Subject: Civil rights--United States., Human rights.
Creator: Center for Constitutional Rights.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the use of law as a force for social change. Some issues CCR works on is illegal detention and Guantanamo, surveillance and attacks on dissent, criminal justice and mass incarcerations, corporate human rights abuse, government abuse of power, racial and gender justice, and international law and accountability. The website lists news and current cases. Note that the CCR’s records are at the Tamiment Library.
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Subject: Civil rights--United States., Human rights.
Creator: Center for Constitutional Rights.
Coverage: United States. / International.
Description: The Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), founded in 1966 by attorneys who represented civil rights movements in the South, is dedicated to advancing and protecting the rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. CCR is a non-profit legal and educational organization committed to the use of law as a force for social change. Some issues CCR works on is illegal detention and Guantanamo, surveillance and attacks on dissent, criminal justice and mass incarcerations, corporate human rights abuse, government abuse of power, racial and gender justice, and international law and accountability. The website lists news and current cases. Note that the CCR’s records are at the Tamiment Library.
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Subject: Center for Constitutional Rights., Civil rights--United States., Human rights.
Group: COVID-19
Creator: Center for Constitutional Rights.
Publisher: Center for Constitutional Rights.
Coverage: United States. / International.
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