Editing Assata Shakur (section)

==Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army==
After graduation from CCNY, Shakur moved to [[Oakland, California]], where she joined the [[Black Panther Party]] (BPP).<ref name="james">{{cite book|editor=James, Matthew Thomas |editor2=James, Joy James |date=2005| title=The New Abolitionists: (Neo)slave Narratives And Contemporary Prison Writings|publisher= SUNY Press|isbn= 0-7914-6485-7|page= 77}}</ref> In Oakland, Shakur worked with the BPP to organize protests and [[community education]] programs.<ref name="Gale - Product Login">{{Cite web|url=http://galeapps.galegroup.com/apps/auth?userGroupName=vol_m58c&sid=summon&origURL=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.galegroup.com%2Fps%2Fi.do%3Fp%3DBIC%26u%3Dvol_m58c%26id%3DGALE%257CK3444701140%26v%3D2.1%26it%3Dr%26sid%3Dsummon&prodId=BIC|title=Gale - Product Login|website=galeapps.galegroup.com|access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref>

After returning to New York City, Shakur led the BPP chapter in [[Harlem]], coordinating the [[Free Breakfast for Children]] program, free clinics, and community outreach.<ref name="Gale - Product Login"/> But she soon left the party, disliking the macho behavior of the men and believing that the BPP members and leaders lacked knowledge and understanding of [[African Americans|African-American history]].<ref>Shakur, 1987, pp. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kVVp9RLqlYwC&pg=PA221 221–224].</ref> Shakur joined the [[Black Liberation Army]] (BLA), an offshoot whose members were inspired by the [[Vietcong]] and the Algerian independence fighters of the [[Battle of Algiers (1956–57)|Battle of Algiers]]. They mounted a campaign of guerilla activities against the U.S. government, using such tactics as planting bombs, holding up banks, and murdering drug dealers and police.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Finkelman|first1=Paul|title=Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century Five-volume Set|date=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press, USA|isbn=9780195167795|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6gbQHxb_P0QC&pg=PA208|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Guardian_2013-05-03">{{cite news|author=Harris, Paul| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/03/fbi-wanted-first-woman-joanne-chesimard?INTCMP=SRCH |title=FBI makes Joanne Chesimard the first woman to appear on most-wanted list| work=The Guardian|date=May 3, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=James, Joy |date=2003|title=Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion|publisher= Rowman & Littlefield| isbn= 0-7425-2027-7|page= 104}}</ref>

She began using the name ''Assata Olugbala Shakur'' in 1971, rejecting JoAnne Chesimard as a "[[slave name]]".<ref name="africana"/><ref name="deburg"/> Assata is a West African name, derived from [[Aisha]], said to mean "she who struggles", while Shakur means "thankful one" in [[Arabic]]. Olugbala means "savior" in [[Yoruba language|Yoruba]].<ref name="deburg">{{cite book|author1=Van Deburg |author2=William L. | author-link=William L. Van Deburg | date=1997| title= Modern Black Nationalism: From Marcus Garvey to Louis Farrakhan| publisher= NYU Press| isbn= 0-8147-8789-4| page=269}}</ref> She identified as an [[African diaspora|African]] and felt her old name no longer fit: "It sounded so strange when people called me JoAnne. It really had nothing to do with me. I didn't feel like no JoAnne, or no [[Negro]], or no amerikan. I felt like an African woman."<ref>Shakur, 1987, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=kVVp9RLqlYwC&pg=PA185 185].</ref>