ASSATA Shakur

JUSTICE AND POLTICAL LITERACY: ASSATA SHAKUR Assata Shakur, a political and social activist who struggled for the liberation of African Americans in the U.S. Her development as a revolutionary originated in her observation of her surroundings. She became devoted to improving the justice the black community faced, the removal of inequalities in African life. She pursued the development and organization of revolutionary groups demanding total liberation. She became actively involved in this movement, while, …

…wever the amount of violence and damage our society could experience would amount worse overly. In my opinion, simply the fact of having such revolutionary groups lessens the government's authority. They know that people are watching their moves, and that they must stay within lines. The more I think about it, the revolutionary groups are organized to keep the government in check, the way they proved not to be in Asset's and many other cases.