Quote by: Assata Shakur

It seemed that there was no time to catch up with all the things that were happening. I would be at the construction workers' demonstration one day and then marching with the welfare mothers the next. We got down with everything - the rent strikes, the sit-ins, the takeover of the Harlem state office building, whatever it was. If we agreed with it, we would try to give active support in some way. The more active i became, the more i liked it. It was like medicine, making me well, making me whole ... My energy just couldn't stop dancing. I was caught up in the music of the struggle and i wanted to dance. I was never bored and never lonely, and the brothers and sisters who became my friends were so beautiful to me.


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Author Bio


  • NameAssata Shakur
  • DescriptionAmerican activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army
  • BornJuly 16, 1947
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionAutobiographer