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Chesimard aka Assata Shakur, is the former "queen" of the [[Marxist]] [[Black Liberation Army]] (BLA) terrorist group, who was convicted of the first-degree murder of a New Jersey State Trooper in 1973.  She was convicted of the [[murder]] in 1977 and seven other [[felon]]ies.  While serving a life sentence, she escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in 1979. She was granted political asylum in [[Cuba]] in 1984 where she has lived ever since, despite US government efforts to have her extradited. She is on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, under her maiden name Joanne Deborah Chesimard.<ref>https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/joanne-deborah-chesimard</ref>  

Chesimard aka Assata Shakur, is the former "queen" of the [[Marxist]] [[Black Liberation Army]] (BLA) terrorist group, who was convicted of the first-degree murder of a New Jersey State Trooper in 1973.  She was convicted of the [[murder]] in 1977 and seven other [[felon]]ies.  While serving a life sentence, she escaped from the Clinton Correctional Facility for Women in 1979. She was granted political asylum in [[Cuba]] in 1984 where she has lived ever since, despite US government efforts to have her extradited. She is on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list, under her maiden name Joanne Deborah Chesimard.<ref>https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/joanne-deborah-chesimard</ref>  

Cheismard aka Assata Shakur is the inspiration of the founders of [[Black Lives Matter]] (BLM), [[Patrisse Cullors]] and [[Alicia Garza]].  Garza wrote,  

Chesimard aka Assata Shakur is the inspiration of the founders of [[Black Lives Matter]] (BLM), [[Patrisse Cullors]] and [[Alicia Garza]].  Garza wrote,  

{{quotebox|"When I use Assata [Shakur]'s powerful demand in my [[Community organizing|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|title=A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/|website=The Feminist Wire|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>}}  Garza, a "trained Marxists."<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1273739801464725504</ref> is a black separatist and more recently was affiliated with the Marxist [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] that wants to carry on the tradition of the Black Liberation Movement to carve out an independent [[nation-state]] in the Bay Area.<ref>[https://www.periscope.tv/w/1zqKVljlzyDJB ''Black Lives Matter Unmasked''], Lee Stanahan, 2020.</ref>  

{{quotebox|"When I use Assata [Shakur]'s powerful demand in my [[Community organizing|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|title=A Herstory of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement|url=http://www.thefeministwire.com/2014/10/blacklivesmatter-2/|website=The Feminist Wire|publisher=|accessdate=}}</ref>}}  Garza, a "trained Marxists."<ref>https://twitter.com/RitaPanahi/status/1273739801464725504</ref> is a black separatist and more recently was affiliated with the Marxist [[Freedom Road Socialist Organization]] that wants to carry on the tradition of the Black Liberation Movement to carve out an independent [[nation-state]] in the Bay Area.<ref>[https://www.periscope.tv/w/1zqKVljlzyDJB ''Black Lives Matter Unmasked''], Lee Stanahan, 2020.</ref>