‘Assata Shakur is welcome here’

A news conference was held on May 25, African Liberation Day, at New York’s City Hall to support Black freedom fighter Assata Shakur.

City Council members Charles Barron (pictured, front center), Larry Seabrook and James Sanders announced that a resolution
will be brought before the City Council to demand that the U.S. government revoke a $1 million bounty placed on Shakur May 2. The resolution will also demand that Shakur be granted amnesty to allow her to return to the U.S. from Cuba, where she has been in political exile since 1984.

Barron publicly thanked President Fidel Castro and the Cuban people for supporting Shakur.

“U.S. Hands Off Assata Shakur” coordinated actions will take place on July 17, her birthday.

—Story & photo by Monica Moorehead