Everywomanspace - Assata Shakur

Shakur Family

Activism

Assata Shakur

Black Panther Party

Black liberation movements

Joanne Chesimard

Poetry

Political movements

Pregnancy

Prisons

This episode of Everywomanspace, hosted by Irene Yarrow on WBAI radio, Yarrow and a group of women discuss the recent events surrounding Assata Shakur's arrest and imprisonment and current treatment in the media and jail system. They read Shakur's poems, "What is Left" and play a recording of Evelyn Williams reading Shakur's poem, "Rights and Responsibilities Middlesex County Jail." The women go on to discuss the current state of Shakur's trial, share information on how listener's can support her, play a recording of Shakur thanking supporters from prison, and take calls from listeners.

WBAI Radio

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Everywomanspace

4 interviewees - names / full names are not known: Akilah, Miriam, Bibi (Sp?), and Unknown

Irene Yarrow

Audio cassette

0:58:32

Side A: SPW1976_SideA_20251007_Transcript.docx
Side B: SPW1976_SideB_20251007_Transcript.docx