Being a warrior and being a struggler has been forced on me by oppression, otherwise I would have been free to be so much more.
Assata ShakurI was sentenced to life plus 30 years by an all-White jury. What I saw in prison was wall-to-wall Black flesh in chains. Women caged in cells. But we're the terrorists. It just doesn't make sense.
Assata ShakurAnd if I know anything at all, it's that a wall is just a wall and nothing more at all. It can be broken down.
Assata ShakurAll you have to do is ask yourselves, who controls the government? And who are the victims of that control?
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