Editing Assata Shakur (section)

==Cultural influence==
A documentary film about Shakur, ''[[Eyes of The Rainbow]]'', written and directed by Cuban filmmaker [[Gloria Rolando]], appeared in 1997.<ref name="scheffler203"/> The official premiere of the film in [[Havana]] in 2004 was promoted by [[Casa de las Américas (Havana)|Casa de las Américas]], the main cultural forum of the Cuban government.<ref name="curiosity">Wilfredo, Cancio Isla (December 18, 2007). "[http://www.chron.com/CDA/archives/archive.mpl/2007_4482312/u-s-fugitive-a-hero-to-fidel-but-a-curiosity-to-ma.html U.S. fugitive a hero to Fidel, but a curiosity to many]". McClatchy Newspapers via ''Houston Chronicle''. ''The Miami Herald'' published this article as "Fugitive a curiosity in Cuba".</ref> ''[[Assata aka Joanne Chesimard]]'' is a 2008 biographical film directed by Fred Baker. The film premiered at the [[San Diego Black Film Festival]] and starred Assata Shakur herself. The [[National Conference of Black Lawyers]] and [[Mos Def]] are among the professional organizations and entertainers to support Assata Shakur; the "Hands Off Assata" campaign is organized by [[Dream Hampton]].<ref name="williams"/>

Numerous musicians have composed and recorded songs about her or dedicated to her:
*[[Common (rapper)|Common]] recorded "A Song for Assata" on his album ''[[Like Water for Chocolate (album)|Like Water for Chocolate]]'' (2000) after traveling to Havana to meet with Shakur personally.<ref>Neal, Mark Anthony (May 5, 2000)</ref>
*[[Nas (rapper)|Nas]] listed her name in the booklet of his album ''[[Untitled Nas album|Untitled]],'' among important black figures who inspired the album.<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/columns/criticalnoire/000505.shtml "Like Water for Chocolate: Common's Recipe for Progressive Hip-Hop"]. ''Pop Matters''. Retrieved on April 7, 2007.</ref> 
*[[Paris (rapper)|Paris]] ("Assata's Song", in ''[[Sleeping with the Enemy (album)|Sleeping with the Enemy]]'', 1992) 
*[[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] ("Rebel Without A Pause" in ''[[It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back]]'', 1988)
*[[Tupac Shakur|2Pac]] ("Words of Wisdom" in ''[[2Pacalypse Now]],'' 1991)
*[[Digital Underground]] ("Heartbeat Props" in ''[[Sons of the P]]'', 1991)
*[[The Roots]] ("The Adventures in Wonderland" in ''[[Illadelph Halflife]]'', 1996)
*[[Piebald (band)|Piebald]] ("If Marcus Garvey Dies, Then Marcus Garvey Lives" in ''If It Weren't for Venetian Blinds, It Would Be Curtains for Us All'', 1999)
*[[Asian Dub Foundation]] ("Committed to Life" in ''[[Community Music]]'', 2000)
*[[Saul Williams]] ("Black Stacey" in ''[[Saul Williams (album)|Saul Williams]]'', 2004)
*[[Rebel Diaz]] ("Which Side Are You On?" in ''Otro Guerrillero Mixtape Vol. 2'', 2008)
* [[Lowkey]] ("Something Wonderful" in ''[[Soundtrack to the Struggle]]'', 2011)
* [[Dead Prez]] ("I Have A Dream, Too" in ''[[RBG: Revolutionary But Gangsta]]'', 2004)
*[[Murs (rapper)|Murs]] ("Tale of Two Cities" in ''[[The Final Adventure]]'', 2012)
*[[Jay-Z|Jay Z]] ("Open Letter Part II" in 2013)
[[Digable Planets]], [[The Underachievers]] and [[X-Clan]] have also recorded songs about Shakur.<ref name="j425"/> Shakur has been described as a "rap music legend"<ref name="allen-mills">Allen-Mills, Tony (May 27, 2007). "Bounty hunt for US cop killer on Cuba", ''The Sunday Times'', p. 27.</ref> and a "minor [[Cause célèbre|cause celebre]]".<ref>Robinson, Eugene (July 18, 2004). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47736-2004Jul13.html "Exiles"], ''The Washington Post'', W23.</ref>

On December 12, 2006, the Chancellor of the [[City University of New York]], [[Matthew Goldstein]], directed [[City College of New York|City College]]'s president, [[Gregory H. Williams]], to remove the "unauthorized and inappropriate" designation of the "Guillermo Morales/Assata Shakur Community and Student Center", which was named by students in 1989. A student group won the right to use the lounge after a campus shutdown over proposed tuition increases.<ref>Arenson, Karen W. (December 13, 2006). [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/13/nyregion/13cuny.html "CUNY Chief Orders Names Stripped From Student Center"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved on May 9, 2008.</ref> CUNY was sued by student and alumni groups after removing the plaque.<ref>Zambito, Thomas (January 7, 2007). "[http://www.nydailynews.com/news/cuny-sued-killer-naming-flap-article-1.262732 CUNY sued in cop killer naming flap]", ''New York Daily News'', p. 3.</ref> As of April 7, 2010, the presiding judge has ruled that the issues of students' free speech and administrators' immunity from suit "deserve a trial".<ref>Wise, Daniel (April 8, 2010). [http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202447703512 "First Amendment Violation Claim Proceeds Against College Over Removed Plaque"], ''New York Law Journal''. Retrieved on April 8, 2010.</ref>

Following controversy, in 1995, [[Borough of Manhattan Community College]] renamed a scholarship that had previously been named for Shakur.<ref>[[William H. Honan|Honan, William H.]] (April 12, 1995). "[https://www.nytimes.com/1995/04/12/us/two-scholarships-given-new-names-after-controversy.html Two Scholarships Given New Names After Controversy]", ''The New York Times'', Section B, p. 11, column 4. Retrieved on June 1, 2008.</ref> In 2008, a [[Bucknell University]] professor included Shakur in a course on "African-American heroes"—along with figures such as [[Harriet Tubman]], [[Sojourner Truth]], [[John Henry (folklore)|John Henry]], [[Malcolm X]], and [[Angela Davis]].<ref>Bucknell University (April 1, 2008). "[http://www.bucknell.edu/x41042.xml Superhero Inspiration for Course on 'Black Heroes']".</ref> Her autobiography is studied together with those of Angela Davis and [[Elaine Brown]], the only women activists of the [[Black Power]] movement who have published book-length autobiographies.<ref>Perkins, 2000.</ref> [[Rutgers University]] professor [[H. Bruce Franklin]], who excerpts Shakur's book in a class on "Crime and Punishment in American Literature," describes her as a "revolutionary fighter against imperialism."<ref name="hepp">Hepp, Rick (October 31, 2004). "Chesimard still stirs admiration and scorn," ''The Star-Ledger'', p. 23.</ref>

Black NJ State Trooper Anthony Reed (who has left the force) sued the police force because, among other things, persons had hung posters of Shakur, altered to include Reed's badge number, in a Newark barracks. He felt it was intended to insult him, as she had killed an officer, and that the act was "racist in nature".<ref>''The Star-Ledger'' (January 19, 1996). "Black Ex-Trooper Tells Trial of Poster of Killer Chesimard Made to Mock."</ref> According to academic [[Dylan Rodriguez]], to many "U.S. radicals and revolutionaries" Shakur represents a "venerated (if sometimes fetishized) signification of liberatory desire and possibility".<ref>Rodriguez, 2006, p. 61.</ref>

The largely Internet-based "Hands Off Assata!" campaign is coordinated by Chicago-area [[Black Radical Congress]] activists.<ref>[[Herb Boyd|Boyd, Herb]] (2002). ''Race and Resistance: African Americans in the Twenty-first Century''. [[South End Press]]. {{ISBN|0-89608-652-6}}, p. 116.</ref>

In 2015, New Jersey's [[Kean University]] dropped hip-hop artist [[Common (rapper)|Common]] as a commencement speaker because of police complaints. Members of the State Troopers Fraternal Association of New Jersey expressed their anger over Common's "A Song For Assata".<ref>{{cite web|last=Frydenlund |first=Zach |url=http://www.complex.com/music/2015/04/common-pulled-from-kean-university-commencement |title=Common Pulled From Kean University Commencement Speech After Police Complaints |publisher=Complex.com |access-date=April 3, 2015}}</ref>

In 2015, [[Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation]] co-founder [[Alicia Garza]] writes: "When I use Assata's powerful demand in my organizing work, I always begin by sharing where it comes from, sharing about Assata's significance to the Black Liberation Movement, what its political purpose and message is, and why it's important in our context."<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garza |first1=Alicia |author-link=Alicia Garza |title=A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement |url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/ |access-date=August 28, 2015 |website=The Feminist Wire}}</ref>

The Chicago Black activist group [[Assata's Daughters]] is named in her honor.<ref name="ZachariasShakur">{{cite news|last1=Zacharias|first1=Michelle|title=Activists of every stripe unite in ICE civil disobedience|url=http://peoplesworld.org/activists-of-every-stripe-unite-in-ice-civil-disobedience/|access-date=March 14, 2016|publisher=People's World|date=February 17, 2016}}</ref> In April 2017, former [[San Francisco 49ers]] quarterback [[Colin Kaepernick]]'s foundation donated $25,000 to the group.<ref>{{cite news|title=Colin Kaepernick - April donations|url=http://kaepernick7.com/ck7-april-2017-donations//|access-date=October 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171012104812/http://kaepernick7.com/ck7-april-2017-donations/|archive-date=October 12, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2017, the [[2017 Women's March|Women's March]] official [[Twitter]] feed celebrated Shakur's birthday, leading to criticism from some media outlets.<ref>{{cite news|title=Assata Shakur birthday honored by Women's March organizers|url=http://www.foxnews.com/us/cnn-pundit-womens-march-organizers-under-siege-for-honoring-birthday-of-new-jersey-cop-killer-assata-shakur|work=Fox News|date=July 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=French|first=David|title=When the 'Resistance' Gets Reprehensible|url=http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/449570/when-resistance-gets-reprehensible|work=National Review|date=July 17, 2017 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Lampen |first=Claire |url=https://mic.com/articles/182595/six-months-after-the-womens-march-on-washington-the-resistance-revival-has-a-message-for-trump |title=Six months after the Women's March on Washington, the Resistance Revival has a message for Trump |work=Mic |date=July 21, 2017 |access-date=July 22, 2017}}</ref>

In April 2018, a North Carolina court ordered that payment of $15,000 be made to Shakur's representative, her sister Beverly Goins, as part of a land deal.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wwaytv3.com/2018/04/16/county-pays-15k-to-fbi-fugitive-part-of-freeman-park-land-deal/|title=County pays $15K to FBI fugitive, part of Freeman Park land deal}}</ref>