“began relating to the gay sisters in jail beginning to understand their oppression, their anger and the strength in them and in all gay people.”
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Afeni Shakur
Afeni Shakur Davis was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and was the CEO of Amaru Entertainment, Inc., a record and film production company she founded.
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business · American political activist (1947–2016) · activist · businessperson · civil rights advocate · also Afeni Shakur, Afeni Shakur Davis, Shakur, Afeni, 1947–2016, Shakur
Born 10 January 1947 · Died 2 May 2016 · Q2273636
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2026· 4 entries
“I was young. I was arrogant. And I was brilliant in court... because I thought this was the last time I could speak. The last time before they locked me up forever... I was writing my own obituary.”
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Public attention spiked: 4,754 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.3× the usual 904, with 11 article edits. Editors noted: Bedford Hills Correctional Facility
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2025· 1 entry
EURweb: Afeni Shakur’s Story Comes to Life: Devin Kessler on ‘Godfather of Harlem’ Season 4 | EURexclusiveWATCH
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2024· 1 entry
Rolling Out: Help Dominique Draper share Afeni Shakur’s story
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2018· 1 entry
The Shakur Estate won the case against Entertainment One
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2016· 6 entries
The Times Leader: Dear Mama: Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac Shakur, dies
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WKYC3: Afeni Shakur, mother of rapper Tupac, dies at 69
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The Root: Tupac’s Mother, Afeni Shakur, Dead at 69
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Died 2016-05-02.
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After going into cardiac arrest at her home earlier in the evening; she was 69
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Without ever publicly discussing her relationship with Crooks"
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2014· 1 entry
Shakur helped create the Broadway musical Holler If Ya Hear Me, which featured Tupac's music
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2013· 1 entry
Shakur sued Entertainment One claiming they failed to pay Tupac's estate royalties worth seven figures for 2007's Beginnings: The Lost Tapes
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2009· 1 entry
Gave the keynote address for Vanderbilt University's Commemoration for Black History Month
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2007· 1 entry
To file an injunction to prevent Death Row Records from selling any unreleased material from Tupac after the company failed to prove that the unreleased songs were not part of its bankruptcy settlement
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2004· 1 entry
Shakur released her biography, Afeni Shakur: Evolution of a Revolutionary
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1997· 1 entry
Founded Amaru Entertainment, a holding company for all of Tupac's unreleased material
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1996· 1 entry
Six days after being shot in a drive-by shooting, she had him cremated the next day
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1991· 1 entry
And started Narcotics Anonymous meetings
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1975· 1 entry
Shakur married Mutulu Shakur (born Jeral Williams) and had their daughter, Sekyiwa
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1973· 1 entry
Shakur helped organize a day of solidarity for families and friends of the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility for Women
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1971· 1 entry
Gave birth to her son, Parish Lesane Crooks, who was later renamed Tupac Amaru Shakur
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1970· 1 entry
And she continued to advocate against homophobia in the Black Panthers
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1962· 1 entry
Williams passed the qualifying examinations for the Bronx High School of Science and High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan
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1958· 1 entry
Williams and her sister moved to the South Bronx with their mother, a factory worker
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1947· 1 entry
Born 1947-01-10.
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