An Amerikan Family: Assata, Tupac, and the Black Liberation Struggle
Santi Elijah Holley joins Breht to discuss his book "An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created". For over fifty years, the Shakurs have inspired generations of activists, scholars, and music fans. Many people are only familiar with Assata Shakur, the popular author and thinker, living for three decades in Cuban exile; or the late rapper Tupac. But the branches of the Shakur family tree extend widely, and the roots reach into the most furtive and hidden depths of the underground. Whether founding one of the most notorious Black Panther chapters in the country, spearheading community-based healthcare, or engaging in armed struggle with systemic oppression, the Shakurs were at the forefront.
\xa0 Drawing from hundreds of hours of personal interviews, historical archives, court records, transcripts, and other rare documents,\xa0An Amerikan Family\xa0tells the complete and often devastating story of Black America\u2019s long struggle for racial justice and the nation\u2019s covert and repressive tactics to defeat that struggle. It is the story of a small but determined community, taking extreme, unconventional, and often perilous measures in the quest for freedom.
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