Assata_Shakur

Assata Shakur On July 14, 1947 Assata Olugbala Shakur was born. Her birth name is Joanne Deborah Byron and married name was Joanne Chesimard. Shortly after her birth, her mother and father divorced. Young Shakur lived with her mother, her aunt, and her grandmother and grandfather in Jamaica, New York. At the age of three, she moved with her grandparents to the house where her grandpa was raised in Wilmington, North Carolina. Her early childhood was spent working for her grandparents in the restaurant and on the beach. Her grandfather instilled in her a love of the written word, and she spent a great deal of her time reading to satisfy her imagination. Her family tried to infuse in her a sense of personal dignity, “you are as good as anyone else. Don’t let anyone tell you that they’re better than you.” Her grandparents would not let her say “yes ma’am” or “yes sir” and she was to look at white people in the eyes when she talked to them. Shakur's grandparents opened up a business on their beachfront property. Her early childhood was spent working for her grandparents in the restaurant and on the beach. As a kid she would go to wanted, one, white, school, out, name, because, assata, her, thought, said, joanne, grandparents, going, about, working, woman, war, told, though, shows, people, own, night, mother, job, first, dress, don’t, book, black, began, wearing, wasn’t, taken, stores