About this episode
Assata Shakur was a political activist who looked at a society built on inequality and chose resistance over silence. Her story is one of confrontation, exile, and survival—and it forces us to ask a difficult question: when a system is built on oppression, what does justice really look like?
#revolutionaryhero #celebrateblackhistory #assatashakur #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory365
Get every episode summarized
Each time Down Home publishes, we email you a written briefing from the transcript — the topics, who appeared, and any specific claims, with the ad reads skipped.
Email me new episodesFree for 3 shows. No card needed.
Hosts & guests
No transcript yet
This episode has not been transcribed. Request it and it moves to the front of the queue.
More episodes
More from Down Home
Through the Exhibit, Into the Past
Down Home
May 18, 202623:13pending
Before Freedom: Black Stories from Pre-1834 Canada
Down Home
Apr 28, 202620:17failed
Uncomfortable Truths - Reacting to The Color of Fear
Down Home
Apr 20, 202629:11failed
Jay and D react to their ancestry DNA results
Down Home
Apr 13, 202623:37failed