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Assata Shakur, the Glossary

Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), also known as Joanne Chesimard, is an American political activist and convicted murderer who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA).^[1]

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Achy Obejas

Achy Obejas (born June 28, 1956) is a Cuban-American writer and translator focused on personal and national identity issues, living in Benicia, California.

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Acquittal

In common law jurisdictions, an acquittal means that the prosecution has failed to prove that the accused is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of the charge presented.

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Afeni Shakur

Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams; January 10, 1947 – May 2, 2016) was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Assata Shakur and Afeni Shakur are members of the Black Panther Party and Shakur family.

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African diaspora

The global African diaspora is the worldwide collection of communities descended from people from Africa, predominantly in the Americas.

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Aisha

Aisha bint Abi Bakr was Islamic prophet Muhammad's third and youngest wife.

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Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a private medical school in New York City.

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Albert Seedman

Albert A. Seedman (August 9, 1918 – May 17, 2013) was an officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) for 30 years, known for solving several high-profile cases before resigning as chief of the Detective Bureau.

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Alderson, West Virginia

Alderson is a town in Greenbrier and Monroe counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, on both sides of the Greenbrier River.

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Alex Haley

Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an American writer and the author of the 1976 book Roots: The Saga of an American Family. ABC adapted the book as a television miniseries of the same name and aired it in 1977 to a record-breaking audience of 130 million viewers.

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Alicia Garza

Alicia Garza (Schwartz; born January 4, 1981) is an American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the Black Lives Matter movement.

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Allah

Allah (ﷲ|translit.

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American fugitives in Cuba

Various American fugitives in Cuba have found political asylum in Cuba after participating in militant activities in the Black power movement or the Independence movement in Puerto Rico. Assata Shakur and American fugitives in Cuba are American expatriates in Cuba, black Power and fugitives wanted by the United States.

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American Indian Movement

The American Indian Movement (AIM) is an American Indian grassroots movement which was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in July 1968, initially centered in urban areas in order to address systemic issues of poverty, discrimination, and police brutality against American Indians. Assata Shakur and American Indian Movement are COINTELPRO targets.

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Amnesty International

Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.

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Angela Davis

Angela Yvonne Davis (born January 26, 1944) is an American Marxist and feminist political activist, philosopher, academic, and author; she is a professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Assata Shakur and Angela Davis are African-American Marxists, African-American communists, American autobiographers, American women autobiographers, COINTELPRO targets and communist women writers.

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Appeal

In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision.

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Asian Dub Foundation

Asian Dub Foundation (ADF) is an English electronic music band that combines musical styles including rap rock, dub, dancehall, ragga, and South Asian music.

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Assata aka Joanne Chesimard

Assata aka Joanne Chesimard is a 2008 biographical film directed by Fred Baker and starring Warly Ceriani.

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Assata's Daughters

Assata's Daughters is an American black power organization of young radical African-American women and girls in Chicago, which operates through a Black, queer, feminist lens, that focuses on political education, organizing, and revolutionary services.

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Assata: An Autobiography

Assata: An Autobiography is a 1988 autobiographical book by Assata Shakur. Assata Shakur and Assata: An Autobiography are black Power.

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Assault

An assault is the illegal act of causing physical harm or unwanted physical contact to another person, or, in some legal definitions, the threat or attempt to do so.

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Atlanta

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Attempted murder

Attempted murder is a crime of attempt in various jurisdictions.

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Background check

A background check is a process a person or company uses to verify that an individual is who they claim to be, and this provides an opportunity to check and confirm the validity of someone's criminal record, education, employment history, and other activities from their past.

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Bail

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Bamberger's

Bamberger's was a department store chain with branches primarily in New Jersey and other locations in Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania.

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Bank robbery

Bank robbery is the criminal act of stealing from a bank, specifically while bank employees and customers are subjected to force, violence, or a threat of violence.

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Bankers Trust

Bankers Trust was a historic American banking organization.

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Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

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Battle of Algiers (1956–1957)

The Battle of Algiers (also called the great repression of Algiers) was a campaign fought during the Algerian War.

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Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Bedford–Stuyvesant, colloquially known as Bed–Stuy, is a neighborhood in the northern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Black Liberation Army

The Black Liberation Army (BLA) was an underground Marxist-Leninist, black-nationalist militant organization that operated in the United States from 1970 to 1981. Assata Shakur and black Liberation Army are black Power and COINTELPRO targets.

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism. Assata Shakur and black Lives Matter are black Power.

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Black Panther Party

The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. Assata Shakur and black Panther Party are black Power and COINTELPRO targets.

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Black power

Black power is a political slogan and a name which is given to various associated ideologies which aim to achieve self-determination for black people. Assata Shakur and black power are black Power.

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Bob Franks

Robert Douglas Franks (September 21, 1951 – April 9, 2010) was an American Republican politician who served as a U.S. Representative from New Jersey.

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Body cavity search

A body cavity search, also known simply as a cavity search, is either a visual search or a manual internal inspection of body cavities for prohibited materials (contraband), such as illegal drugs, money, jewelry, or weapons.

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The Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) is a public community college in New York City.

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Brendan Byrne

Brendan Thomas Byrne (April 1, 1924 – January 4, 2018) was an American attorney and Democratic Party politician who served as the 47th Governor of New Jersey from 1974 to 1982.

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Brookdale Community College is a public community college in the Lincroft section of Middletown Township, in Monmouth County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is a borough of New York City.

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Brownsville, Brooklyn

Brownsville is a residential neighborhood in eastern Brooklyn in New York City.

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Bryan Burrough

Bryan Burrough (born August 13, 1961, in Tennessee) is an American author and correspondent for Vanity Fair.

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Burlington County, New Jersey

Burlington County is a county in the South Jersey region of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Casa de las Américas

Casa de las Américas is an organization that was founded by the Cuban Government in April 1959, four months after the Cuban Revolution, for the purpose of developing and extending the socio-cultural relations with the countries of Latin America, the Caribbean and the rest of the world.

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Cathedral High School (New York City)

Cathedral High School is an American all-girls', private, Roman Catholic high school in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, New York.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cause célèbre

A cause célèbre (pl. causes célèbres, pronounced like the singular) is an issue or incident arousing widespread controversy, outside campaigning, and heated public debate.

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Chair (officer)

The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a board, committee, or deliberative assembly.

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Change of venue

A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location.

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Charles Barron

Charles Barron (born October 7, 1950) is an American activist and politician who served in the New York City Council, representing Brooklyn's 42nd district from 2022 to 2023. Assata Shakur and Charles Barron are activists from New York (state) and members of the Black Panther Party.

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Charles Manson

Charles Milles Manson (November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California, in the late 1960s. Assata Shakur and Charles Manson are American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment.

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Chattanooga, Tennessee

Chattanooga is a city in and the county seat of Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States.

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Chicago Seven

The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is an American daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, owned by Tribune Publishing.

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Christine Todd Whitman

Christine Temple Whitman (born September 26, 1946) is an American politician and author who served as the 50th governor of New Jersey from 1994 to 2001 and as Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2003.

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City College of New York

The City College of the City University of New York (also known as the City College of New York, or simply City College or CCNY) is a public research university within the City University of New York (CUNY) system in New York City.

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City University of New York

The City University of New York (CUNY, spoken) is the public university system of New York City.

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Civil and political rights

Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from infringement by governments, social organizations, and private individuals.

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Clarence M. Kelley

Clarence M. Kelley (October 24, 1911August 5, 1997) was an American law enforcement officer.

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Clarkson Sherman Fisher

Clarkson Sherman Fisher (July 8, 1921 – July 27, 1997) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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Clavicle

The clavicle, collarbone, or keybone is a slender, S-shaped long bone approximately 6 inches (15 cm) long that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade and the sternum (breastbone).

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COINTELPRO

COINTELPRO (a syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert and illegal projects conducted between 1956 and 1971 by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrating, discrediting, and disrupting American political organizations that the FBI perceived as subversive. Assata Shakur and COINTELPRO are COINTELPRO targets.

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Colin Kaepernick

Colin Rand Kaepernick (born November 3, 1987) is an American civil rights activist and former football quarterback.

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Common (rapper)

Lonnie Rashid Lynn (born March 14, 1972), known professionally as Common (formerly known as Common Sense), is an American rapper and actor from Chicago, Illinois.

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Community Music is a 2000 studio album by Asian Dub Foundation.

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Conflict of interest

A conflict of interest (COI) is a situation in which a person or organization is involved in multiple interests, financial or otherwise, and serving one interest could involve working against another.

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Congressional Black Caucus

The Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) is a caucus made up of African-American members of the United States Congress.

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Consent decree

A consent decree is an agreement or settlement that resolves a dispute between two parties without admission of guilt (in a criminal case) or liability (in a civil case).

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Contempt of court

Contempt of court, often referred to simply as "contempt", is the crime of being disobedient to or disrespectful toward a court of law and its officers in the form of behavior that opposes or defies the authority, justice, and dignity of the court.

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Copyright

A copyright is a type of intellectual property that gives its owner the exclusive legal right to copy, distribute, adapt, display, and perform a creative work, usually for a limited time.

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Covert listening device

A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug or a wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone.

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Critical legal studies

Critical legal studies (CLS) is a school of critical theory that developed in the United States during the 1970s.

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Critical race theory

Critical race theory (CRT) is an interdisciplinary academic field focused on the relationships between social conceptions of race and ethnicity, social and political laws, and media.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Cuban thaw

The Cuban thaw (deshielo cubano) was the normalization of Cuba–United States relations that began in December 2014, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations.

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Cultural Dynamics

Cultural Dynamics is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes papers three times a year.

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Dead Prez

Dead Prez (stylized in lowercase) is an American hip hop duo composed of M-1 and stic.man, formed in 1996 in New York City.

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Declaration of nullity

In the Catholic Church, a declaration of nullity, commonly called an annulment and less commonly a decree of nullity, and in some cases, a Catholic divorce, is an ecclesiastical tribunal determination and judgment that a marriage was invalidly contracted or, less frequently, a judgment that ordination was invalidly conferred.

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Defamation

Defamation is a communication that injures a third party's reputation and causes a legally redressable injury.

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Dhoruba bin Wahad

Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad (born Richard Earl Moore; 1944) is an American writer and activist, Black Panther Party leader and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army. Assata Shakur and Dhoruba bin Wahad are African-American Marxists, African-American communists, COINTELPRO targets, members of the Black Liberation Army and members of the Black Panther Party.

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Digable Planets

Digable Planets is an American hip hop trio formed in 1987.

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Digital Underground

Digital Underground is an American alternative hip hop group from Oakland, California.

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Documentary film

A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a historical record".

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Domestic terrorism

Domestic terrorism or homegrown terrorism is a form of terrorism in which victims "within a country are targeted by a perpetrator with the same citizenship" as the victims.

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Donald Trump

Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Assata Shakur and Donald Trump are American shooting survivors.

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Dream Hampton

dream hampton (stylized in lowercase) is an American filmmaker, producer, and writer.

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Driver's license

A driver's license, driving licence, or driving permit is a legal authorization, or the official document confirming such an authorization, for a specific individual to operate one or more types of motorized vehicles—such as motorcycles, cars, trucks, or buses—on a public road.

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East Brunswick, New Jersey

East Brunswick is a township in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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East Liberty (Pittsburgh)

East Liberty is a neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's East End.

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Edison, New Jersey

Edison is a township located in Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (formerly the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women) is a prison facility for women of the state of New Jersey Department of Corrections, located in Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, near Clinton.

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Elaine Brown

Elaine Brown (born March 2, 1943) is an American prison activist, writer, singer, and former Black Panther Party chairwoman who is based in Oakland, California. Assata Shakur and Elaine Brown are African-American Marxists and members of the Black Panther Party.

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Elizabeth Ann Duke

Elizabeth Ann Duke (born November 25, 1940) is an American fugitive best known for her involvement with radical left-wing political organizations and subsequent flight from prosecution. Assata Shakur and Elizabeth Ann Duke are fugitives wanted by the United States.

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En banc

In law, an en banc (alternatively in banc, in banco or in bank) session is when all the judges of a court sit to hear a case, not just one judge or a smaller panel of judges.

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Endangerment

Endangerment is a type of crime involving conduct that is wrongful and reckless or wanton, and likely to produce death or grievous bodily harm to another person.

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Essence (magazine)

Essence (stylized in all caps) is an American monthly lifestyle magazine covering fashion, beauty, entertainment, and culture.

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In an extradition, one jurisdiction delivers a person accused or convicted of committing a crime in another jurisdiction, into the custody of the other's law enforcement.

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Eyes of The Rainbow

Eyes of The Rainbow is a 1997 documentary film by Gloria Rolando about Assata Shakur.

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FBI Most Wanted Terrorists

The FBI Most Wanted Terrorists is a list created and first released on October 10, 2001, with the authority of United States President George W. Bush, following the September 11 attacks (9/11 incident). Assata Shakur and FBI Most Wanted Terrorists are fugitives wanted by the United States.

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FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives, 1980s

The FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives during the 1980s is a list, maintained for a fourth decade, of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.

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Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is the domestic intelligence and security service of the United States and its principal federal law enforcement agency.

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Federal Prison Camp, Alderson

The Federal Prison Camp, Alderson (FPC Alderson) is a minimum-security United States federal prison for female inmates in West Virginia.

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Felony

A felony is traditionally considered a crime of high seriousness, whereas a misdemeanor is regarded as less serious.

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Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (13 August 1926 – 25 November 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and politician who was the leader of Cuba from 1959 to 2008, serving as the prime minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976 and president from 1976 to 2008.

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Fingerprint

A fingerprint is an impression left by the friction ridges of a human finger.

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Florynce Kennedy

Florynce Rae Kennedy (February 11, 1916 – December 21, 2000) was an American lawyer, radical feminist, civil rights advocate, lecturer, and activist. Assata Shakur and Florynce Kennedy are American autobiographers and American women autobiographers.

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Flushing, Queens

Flushing is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Forensic biology

Forensic biology is the application of biological principles and techniques in the investigation of criminal and civil cases.

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Frank Church

Frank Forrester Church III (July 25, 1924 – April 7, 1984) was an American politician and lawyer.

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Fugitive slaves in the United States

In the United States, fugitive slaves or runaway slaves were terms used in the 18th and 19th centuries to describe people who fled slavery.

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Garden State Youth Correctional Facility

Garden State Youth Correctional Facility is a New Jersey Department of Corrections state prison that houses young adult offenders ages 18-30, located in the Crosswicks section of Chesterfield Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States.

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General Educational Development

The General Educational Development (GED) tests are a group of four academic subject tests in the United States and Canada certifying academic knowledge equivalent for a high school diploma.

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Gloria Rolando

Gloria Victoria Rolando Casamayor, known as Gloria Rolando (born 4 April 1953),, AfroCubaWeb.

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Gregory H. Williams

Gregory Howard Williams is a scholar, attorney, law school professor, author, and formerly the 27th President of the University of Cincinnati (2009 to 2012) and the 11th President of the City College of New York (2001–2009).

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Grenade

A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.

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Gunpowder

Gunpowder, also commonly known as black powder to distinguish it from modern smokeless powder, is the earliest known chemical explosive.

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H. Bruce Franklin

Howard Bruce Franklin (February 28, 1934 – May 19, 2024) was an American cultural historian and scholar. Assata Shakur and h. Bruce Franklin are COINTELPRO targets.

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Handbag

A handbag, commonly known as a purse in North American English, is a handled medium-to-large bag used to carry personal items.

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Harlem

Harlem is a neighborhood in Upper Manhattan in New York City.

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Harriet Tubman

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross, – March 10, 1913) was an American abolitionist and social activist.

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Havana

Havana (La Habana) is the capital and largest city of Cuba.

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Herb Boyd

Herb Boyd (born November 1, 1938) is an American journalist, teacher, author, and activist.

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Heroin

Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a morphinan opioid substance synthesized from the dried latex of the Papaver somniferum plant; it is mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects.

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Hotel Pennsylvania

The Hotel Pennsylvania was a hotel at 401 Seventh Avenue (15 Penn Plaza) in Manhattan, across from Pennsylvania Station and Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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Howard Johnson's

Howard Johnson by Wyndham, or more commonly known as Howard Johnson's, is an American hotel brand with over 200 hotels in 15 countries.

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Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, philosopher, socialist intellectual and World War II veteran.

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Hung jury

A hung jury, also called a deadlocked jury, is a judicial jury that cannot agree upon a verdict after extended deliberation and is unable to reach the required unanimity or supermajority.

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Illadelph Halflife

Illadelph Halflife is the third studio album by American hip hop band the Roots, released September 24, 1996, on DGC and Geffen Records.

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Independence movement in Puerto Rico

Throughout the history of Puerto Rico, its inhabitants have initiated several movements to gain independence for the island, first from the Spanish Empire between 1493 and 1898 and since then from the United States. Assata Shakur and independence movement in Puerto Rico are COINTELPRO targets.

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Intention (criminal law)

In criminal law, intent is a subjective state of mind (mens rea) that must accompany the acts of certain crimes to constitute a violation.

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It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records.

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Jamaica, Queens

Jamaica is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens.

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Janet Reno

Janet Wood Reno (July 21, 1938 – November 7, 2016) was an American lawyer and public official who served as the first female and 78th United States attorney general.

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Jay-Z

Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), known professionally as Jay-Z, is an American rapper and entrepreneur. Assata Shakur and Jay-Z are American people convicted of assault.

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John Henry (folklore)

John Henry is an American folk hero.

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Joint Terrorism Task Force

A Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) is an American locally-based multi-agency partnership between various federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies tasked with investigating terrorism and terrorism-related crimes, led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and U.S. Department of Justice.

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Jury sequestration

Jury sequestration is the isolation of a jury to avoid accidental or deliberate tainting of the jury by exposing them to outside influence or information that is not admissible in court.

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Kangaroo court

Kangaroo court is an informal pejorative term for a court that ignores recognized standards of law or justice, carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides, and is typically convened ad hoc.

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Kathleen Cleaver

Kathleen Neal Cleaver (born May 13, 1945) is an American law professor and activist, known for her involvement with the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party, a political and revolutionary. Assata Shakur and Kathleen Cleaver are members of the Black Panther Party.

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Künstler

Künstler is a German surname meaning "artist".

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Kean University

Kean University is a public university in Union, Elizabeth, and Hillside, New Jersey.

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Kidnapping

In criminal law, kidnapping is the unlawful abduction and confinement of a person against their will.

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Lee Parsons Gagliardi

Lee Parsons Gagliardi (July 17, 1918 – October 30, 1998) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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Leith Mullings

Leith Patricia Mullings (April 8, 1945 – December 13, 2020) was a Jamaican-born author, anthropologist and professor.

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Liberation theology

Liberation theology is a theological approach emphasizing the "liberation of the oppressed".

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Life imprisonment

Life imprisonment is any sentence of imprisonment for a crime under which convicted criminals are to remain in prison for the rest of their natural lives (or until pardoned, paroled, or commuted to a fixed term).

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Like Water for Chocolate (album)

Like Water for Chocolate is the fourth studio album by American rapper Common, released on March 28, 2000, through MCA Records.

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List of fugitives from justice who disappeared

This is a list of fugitives from justice, notable people who disappeared or evaded capture while being sought by law enforcement agencies in connection with a crime, and who are currently sought or were sought for the duration of their presumed natural lifetime.

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Lolita Lebrón

Lolita Lebrón (November 19, 1919 – August 1, 2010) was a Puerto Rican nationalist who was convicted of aggravated assault and other crimes after carrying out an armed attack on the United States Capitol in 1954, which resulted in the wounding of five members of the United States Congress.

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Lowkey

Kareem Dennis (born 23 May 1986), better known by his stage name Lowkey, is a British rapper and activist from London.

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Malcolm X

Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little, later el-Hajj Malik el-Shabazz; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965) was an African-American revolutionary, Muslim minister and human rights activist who was a prominent figure during the civil rights movement until his assassination in 1965. Assata Shakur and Malcolm X are activists from New York (state), American autobiographers and COINTELPRO targets.

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Mandamus

A writ of is a judicial remedy in the English and American common law system consisting of a court order that commands a government official or entity to perform an act it is legally required to perform as part of its official duties, or to refrain from performing an act the law forbids it from doing.

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Mandatory sentencing

Mandatory sentencing requires that offenders serve a predefined term of imprisonment for certain crimes, commonly serious or violent offenses.

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Manhunt (law enforcement)

In law enforcement, a manhunt is an extensive and thorough search for a wanted and dangerous fugitive involving the use of police units, technology, and help from the public.

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Manning Marable

William Manning Marable (May 13, 1950 – April 1, 2011) was an American professor of public affairs, history and African-American Studies at Columbia University.

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Manufacturers Hanover Corporation

Manufacturers Hanover Corporation was an American bank holding company that was formed as parent of Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, a large New York City bank formed through a merger in 1961.

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Marilyn Buck

Marilyn Jean Buck (December 13, 1947 – August 3, 2010) was an American Marxist, feminist poet, and anti-war, anti-imperialist, and anti-racist activist, who was imprisoned for her participation in the 1979 prison escape of Assata Shakur, the 1981 Brink's robbery, and the 1983 U.S. Senate bombing.

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Maroons

Maroons are descendants of Africans in the Americas and Islands of the Indian Ocean who escaped from slavery, through flight or manumission, and formed their own settlements.

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Martin Waldron

Martin Oliver "Mo" Waldron (February 2, 1925 – May 27, 1981) was an American newspaper reporter.

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Maspeth, Queens

Maspeth is a residential and commercial community in the borough of Queens in New York City.

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Matthew Goldstein

Matthew Goldstein (born November 10, 1941) is the former chancellor of the City University of New York (CUNY). Assata Shakur and Matthew Goldstein are city College of New York alumni.

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Maxine Waters

Maxine Moore Waters (née Carr; born August 15, 1938) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for since 1991.

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May 19th Communist Organization

The May 19th Communist Organization (also variously referred to as the May 19 Coalition, May 19 Communist Coalition or M19CO) was a US-based far-left revolutionary group formed by members of the Weather Underground Organization. Assata Shakur and May 19th Communist Organization are black Power.

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The median nerve is a nerve in humans and other animals in the upper limb.

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Michael T. Kaufman

Michael Tyler Kaufman (March 23, 1938 – January 15, 2010) was an American author and journalist known for his work at The New York Times.

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Middlesex County, New Jersey

Middlesex County is a county located in the north-central part of the U.S. state of New Jersey, extending inland from the Raritan Valley region to the northern portion of the Jersey Shore.

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Midtown Manhattan

Midtown Manhattan is the central portion of the New York City borough of Manhattan and serves as the city's primary central business district.

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Miscarriage

Miscarriage, also known in medical terms as a spontaneous abortion, is the death and expulsion of an embryo or fetus before it can survive independently.

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Monsignor

Monsignor (monsignore) is a form of address or title for certain members of the clergy in the Catholic Church.

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Morris County, New Jersey

Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City.

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Morristown, New Jersey

Morristown is a town in and the county seat of Morris County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Motor vehicle registration

Motor vehicle registration is the registration of a motor vehicle with a government authority, either compulsory or otherwise.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal

Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Assata Shakur and Mumia Abu-Jamal are American people convicted of murdering police officers, COINTELPRO targets and members of the Black Panther Party.

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Murder

Murder is the unlawful killing of another human without justification or valid excuse committed with the necessary intention as defined by the law in a specific jurisdiction.

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Murs (rapper)

Nicholas Neil Carter (born March 16, 1978), better known by his stage name Murs, is an American rapper.

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Mutulu Shakur

Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Wayne Williams; August 8, 1950 – July 7, 2023) was a New African activist, and a member of the Black Liberation Army who was sentenced to sixty years in prison for his involvement in a 1981 robbery of a Brinks armored truck in which a guard and two police officers were murdered. Assata Shakur and Mutulu Shakur are American people convicted of murdering police officers, members of the Black Liberation Army and Shakur family.

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Nas

Nasir bin Olu Dara Jones (born September 14, 1973), known professionally as Nas, is an American rapper and entrepreneur.

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National Conference of Black Lawyers

The National Conference of Black Lawyers (NCBL) is an American association, formed in 1968, to offer legal assistance to black civil rights activists, it is made up of judges, law students, lawyers, legal activists, legal workers, and scholars.

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NBC

The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast.

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Neurology

Neurology (from νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the spinal cord and the peripheral nerves.

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Neutron activation analysis

Neutron activation analysis (NAA) is a nuclear process used for determining the concentrations of elements in many materials.

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New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Brunswick is a city in and the seat of government of Middlesex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey

New Jersey is a state situated within both the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States.

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New Jersey State Police

The New Jersey State Police (NJSP) is the official state police force of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike (NJTP) is a system of controlled-access highways in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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New York (state)

New York, also called New York State, is a state in the Northeastern United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Police Department

The New York City Police Department (NYPD), officially the City of New York Police Department, is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City.

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New York Daily News

The New York Daily News, officially titled the Daily News, is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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New York Supreme Court

The Supreme Court of the State of New York is the trial-level court of general jurisdiction in the judiciary of New York.

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Newsday

Newsday is a daily newspaper in the United States primarily serving Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, although it is also sold throughout the New York metropolitan area.

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Oakland, California

Oakland is a city in the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California.

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Open letter

An open letter is a letter that is intended to be read by a wide audience, or a letter intended for an individual, but that is nonetheless widely distributed intentionally.

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Paris (rapper)

Oscar Jackson Jr. (born October 29, 1967), better known by his stage name Paris, is an American rapper and record producer from San Francisco, California, known for his highly charged political and socially conscious lyrics.

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Parole

Parole (also known as provisional release or supervised release) is a form of early release of a prison inmate where the prisoner agrees to abide by behavioral conditions, including checking-in with their designated parole officers, or else they may be rearrested and returned to prison.

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Pathology

Pathology is the study of disease and injury.

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Photograph manipulation

Photograph manipulation involves the transformation or alteration of a photograph.

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Piebald (band)

Piebald is an American rock band.

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Pleurisy

Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is inflammation of the membranes that surround the lungs and line the chest cavity (pleurae).

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Pontiac LeMans

The Pontiac LeMans is a model name applied to automobiles marketed by Pontiac.

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Pope John Paul II

Pope John Paul II (Ioannes Paulus II; Jan Paweł II; Giovanni Paolo II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła,; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his death in 2005.

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Psychiatric hospital

Psychiatric hospitals, also known as mental health hospitals, or behavioral health hospitals are hospitals or wards specializing in the treatment of severe mental disorders, including schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, major depressive disorder, and others.

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Public Enemy

Public Enemy is an American hip hop group formed by Chuck D and Flavor Flav on Long Island, New York, in 1985.

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Public relations

Public relations (PR) is the practice of managing and disseminating information from an individual or an organization (such as a business, government agency, or a nonprofit organization) to the public in order to influence their perception.

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Quarterback

The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football.

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Queens

Queens is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Quilombo

A quilombo (from the Kimbundu word kilombo) is a Brazilian hinterland settlement founded by people of African origin, and others sometimes called Carabali.

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Radio Havana Cuba

Radio Havana Cuba (Radio Habana Cuba, RHC) is the official government-run international broadcasting station of Cuba.

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Ralph Penza

Ralph Penza (November 22, 1932 – February 16, 2007) was an American broadcast journalist who appeared for many years on WNBC and WCBS in New York City, serving as anchor of news broadcasts.

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Raymond A. Brown

Raymond A. Brown (1915 – October 9, 2009) was an American criminal defense lawyer who represented a wide variety of high-profile clients, ranging from politicians to accused spies, including New Jersey state senator Angelo Errichetti (convicted in the Abscam case), boxer Rubin "Hurricane" Carter and "Dr.

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RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta

RBG: Revolutionary but Gangsta is the second studio album by hip-hop duo Dead Prez.

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Reasonable doubt

Beyond (a) reasonable doubt is a legal standard of proof required to validate a criminal conviction in most adversarial legal systems.

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Rebel Diaz

Rebel Diaz is a political hip hop duo out of New York City and Chicago consisting of the Chilean brothers Rodrigo Venegas (known as RodStarz) and Gonzalo Venegas (known as G1).

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Removal jurisdiction

In the United States, removal jurisdiction allows a defendant to move a civil action or criminal case filed in a state court to the United States district court in the federal judicial district in which the state court is located.

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Right of asylum

The right of asylum, sometimes called right of political asylum (asylum), is an ancient juridical concept, under which people persecuted by their own rulers might be protected by another sovereign authority, such as a second country or another entity which in medieval times could offer sanctuary.

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Rikers Island

Rikers Island is a prison island in the East River in the Bronx that contains New York City's largest jail.

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Robbery

Robbery (from Old French rober ("to steal, ransack, etc."), from Proto-West Germanic *rauba ("booty")) is the crime of taking or attempting to take anything of value by force, threat of force, or by use of fear.

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Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

The Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) is a 965-bed hospital with campuses in New Brunswick (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick), and Somerville, New Jersey (Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset), and serves as a flagship hospital of RWJBarnabas Health.

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Roosevelt Hospital (Edison, New Jersey)

Roosevelt Hospital is a historic building located at 1 Roosevelt Drive in the township of Edison in Middlesex County, New Jersey.

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Roots (1977 miniseries)

Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family, set during and after the era of slavery in the United States.

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Roots: The Saga of an American Family

Roots: The Saga of an American Family is a 1976 novel written by Alex Haley.

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Rutgers University

Rutgers University, officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey.

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San Diego Black Film Festival

The San Diego Black Film Festival is one of the largest black film festivals in the United States.

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San Francisco 49ers

The San Francisco 49ers (also written as the San Francisco Forty-Niners and nicknamed the Niners) are a professional American football team based in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Sandra Good

Sandra Collins Good (born February 20, 1944) is an American criminal and member of the Manson Family.

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Saul Williams

Saul Stacey Williams (born February 29, 1972) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, musician, poet, writer, and actor.

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Saul Williams (album)

Saul Williams is the second solo studio album by Saul Williams.

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Sekou Odinga

Sekou Odinga (born Nathanial Burns, June 17, 1944 – January 12, 2024) was an American New Afrikan activist who was imprisoned for actions with the Black Liberation Army in the 1960s and 1970s. Assata Shakur and Sekou Odinga are members of the Black Liberation Army and members of the Black Panther Party.

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Semi-automatic pistol

A semi-automatic pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its chamber after every shot fired.

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Seven Stories Press

Seven Stories Press is an independent American publishing company.

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Silvia Baraldini

Silvia Baraldini (December 12, 1947) is an Italian political activist.

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Sleeping with the Enemy (album)

Sleeping With the Enemy is the second studio album by American rapper Paris.

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Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth (born Isabella Baumfree; November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.

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Solitary confinement

Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people.

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Son of Sam law

A Son of Sam law (American English; also known as a notoriety-for-profit law) is a law designed to keep criminals from profiting from the publicity of their crimes; for instance, by selling their stories to publishers.

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Sons of the P

Sons of the P is the second studio album by American hip hop group Digital Underground.

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Soundtrack to the Struggle

Soundtrack to the Struggle is the second studio album by British rapper Lowkey.

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South End Press

South End Press was a non-profit book publisher run on a model of participatory economics.

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Speed limit

Speed limits on road traffic, as used in most countries, set the legal maximum speed at which vehicles may travel on a given stretch of road.

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Speedy trial

In criminal law, the right to a speedy trial is a human right under which it is asserted that a government prosecutor may not delay the trial of a criminal suspect arbitrarily and indefinitely.

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Squeaky Fromme

Lynette Alice "Squeaky" Fromme (born October 22, 1948) is an American woman who was a member of the Manson family, a cult led by Charles Manson. Assata Shakur and Squeaky Fromme are American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment.

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St. Albans, Queens

St.

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Statler Hotels

The Statler Hotel company was one of the United States' early chains of hotels catering to traveling businessmen and tourists.

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Sundiata Acoli

Sundiata Acoli (born January 14, 1937, SundiataAcoli.org. as Clark Edward Squire) is an American political activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. Assata Shakur and Sundiata Acoli are American people convicted of murdering police officers, American prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment, members of the Black Liberation Army, members of the Black Panther Party, people convicted of murder by New Jersey and prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by New Jersey.

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Supreme Court of New Jersey

The Supreme Court of New Jersey is the highest court in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Systemic bias

Systemic bias is the inherent tendency of a process to support particular outcomes.

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TASS

The Russian News Agency TASS, or simply TASS, is a Russian state-owned news agency founded in 1904.

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Telephone directory

A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the Atlantic Ocean.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the U.S. state of New York.

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The Clearing House

The Clearing House is a banking association and payments company owned by the largest commercial banks in the United States.

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The COINTELPRO Papers

The COINTELPRO Papers: Documents from the FBI's Secret Wars Against Dissent in the United States is a book by Ward Churchill and Jim Vander Wall, first published in 1990.

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The Crisis

The Crisis is the official magazine of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).

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The Final Adventure

The Final Adventure is the fifth collaboration album by Murs and 9th Wonder.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Roots

The Roots are an American hip hop band formed in 1987 by Tariq "Black Thought" Trotter and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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The Underachievers

The Underachievers are an American hip hop duo from Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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Trenton, New Jersey

Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County.

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Trial

In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes.

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Tupac Shakur

Tupac Amaru Shakur (born Lesane Parish Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper, actor, activist, poet, and songwriter. Assata Shakur and Tupac Shakur are African-American communists, American people convicted of assault, American shooting survivors and Shakur family.

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Twitter

X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.

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Twymon Myers

Twymon Ford Myers (also spelled Meyers; November 27, 1950 – November 14, 1973) was an American member of the Black Liberation Army who was killed in a shootout with police in November 1973. Assata Shakur and Twymon Myers are members of the Black Liberation Army.

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Unanimous consent

In parliamentary procedure, unanimous consent, also known as general consent, or in the case of the parliaments under the Westminster system, leave of the house (or leave of the senate), is a situation in which no member present objects to a proposal.

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Union Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey

Union Township is a township in Hunterdon County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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United Nations Commission on Human Rights

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights (UNCHR) was a functional commission within the overall framework of the United Nations from 1946 until it was replaced by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2006.

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United States Attorney General

The United States attorney general (AG) is the head of the United States Department of Justice, and is the chief law enforcement officer of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress, or simply Congress, is the legislature of the federal government of the United States.

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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts.

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United States Department of State

The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.

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United States District Court for the District of New Jersey

The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (in case citations, D.N.J.) is a federal court in the Third Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit).

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United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction spans five counties in New York State: the four Long Island counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Kings (Brooklyn), and Queens, as well as Richmond (Staten Island), the latter three being among New York City's five boroughs.

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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York

The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (in case citations, S.D.N.Y.) is a federal trial court whose geographic jurisdiction encompasses eight counties of the State of New York.

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United States embargo against Cuba

The United States embargo against Cuba prevents US businesses, and businesses organized under US law or majority-owned by US citizens, from conducting trade with Cuban interests.

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University of North Carolina Press

The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a not-for-profit university press associated with the University of North Carolina.

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Untitled Nas album

The untitled ninth studio album by American rapper Nas, commonly referred to eponymously as Nas, or simply Untitled, was released on July 15, 2008 by The Jones Experience, Columbia Records and The Island Def Jam Music Group.

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Vermont

Vermont is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Viet Cong

The Viet Cong was an epithet and umbrella term to call the communist-driven armed movement and united front organization in South Vietnam.

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Voir dire

Voir dire (often; from an Anglo-Norman term in common law meaning "to speak the truth") is a legal term for procedures during a trial that help a judge decide certain issues.

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Wanted poster

A wanted poster (or wanted sign) is a poster distributed to let the public know of a person whom authorities wish to apprehend.

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Ward Churchill

Ward LeRoy Churchill (born October 2, 1947) is an American activist and author.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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White guilt

White guilt is a belief that white people bear a collective responsibility for the harm which has resulted from historical or current racist treatment of people belonging to other ethnic groups, as for example in the context of the Atlantic slave trade, European colonialism, and the genocide of indigenous peoples.

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William H. Webster

William Hedgcock Webster (born March 6, 1924) is an American retired attorney and jurist who most recently served as chair of the Homeland Security Advisory Council from 2005 until 2020.

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William Honan

William Holmes Honan (May 11, 1930 – April 28, 2014) was an American journalist and author who directed coverage of the arts at The New York Times as its culture editor in the 1980s.

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William Kunstler

William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven.

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Wilmington, North Carolina

Wilmington is a port city in and the county seat of New Hanover County in coastal southeastern North Carolina, United States.

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Witness summons

A subpoena (also subpœna, supenna or subpena) or witness summons is a writ issued by a government agency, most often a court, to compel testimony by a witness or production of evidence under a penalty for failure.

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X Clan

X Clan (formerly stylized as XCLAN and often incorrectly spelled X-Clan) is a hip hop group from Brooklyn, New York, originally consisting of Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J, Professor X the Overseer, Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft the Rhythm Provider.

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X-ray

X-rays (or rarely, X-radiation) are a form of high-energy electromagnetic radiation.

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Yasiin Bey

Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith, December 11, 1973), formerly known as Mos Def, is an American rapper and actor.

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Yoruba language

Yoruba (Yor. Èdè Yorùbá,; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language that is spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria.

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Zed Books

Zed Books is a non-fiction publishing company based in London, UK.

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.357 Magnum

The.357 Smith & Wesson Magnum,.357 S&W Magnum,.357 Magnum, or 9×33mmR (as it is known in unofficial metric designation) is a smokeless powder cartridge with a bullet diameter.

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2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties

The 2006–2008 Cuban transfer of presidential duties was the handover of the title of president and presidential duties from longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro to his brother Raúl Castro, the next-in-line-of-succession person in Cuba, following Fidel's operation and recovery from an undisclosed digestive illness believed to be diverticulitis.

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2017 Women's March

The Women's March was a worldwide protest on January 21, 2017, the day after the inauguration of Donald Trump as US president.

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2Pacalypse Now

2Pacalypse Now is the debut solo studio album by American rapper 2Pac.

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9 mm caliber

This is a list of firearm cartridges that have bullets in the to caliber range.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assata_Shakur

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