Photo: NYC Police (Public domain), Wikimedia Commons

If you like Assata Shakur, read these authors

1947–2025 · American activist who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army

Also known as: Assata Olugbala Shakur, Joanne Deborah Byron, Joanne Deborah Chesimard, Ассата Шакур, جوان تشيسيمارد, アサータ・シャク―ル

Similar authors

This list comes from an AI, not yet from reader data. Once enough readers like Assata Shakur, their data replaces the AI suggestions.

Angela Davis1944–
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Autobiographical and political writing on Black liberation, incarceration and radical resistance. (AI reason)
Report
Malcolm X1925–1965
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Life narrative charting political awakening and Black nationalist thought. (AI reason)
Report
George Gibbard Jackson1877–1935
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Prison letters fusing revolutionary politics with personal testimony. (AI reason)
Report
Elaine Brown1943–
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Memoir of life inside the Black Panther Party, candid about gender and revolution. (AI reason)
Report
Mumia Abu-Jamal1954–
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Prison writings on state repression and Black radical struggle. (AI reason)
Report

Show all 10

Huey P. Newton1942–1989
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Revolutionary autobiography and Black Panther political theory. (AI reason)
Report
Safiya Asya Bukhari1950–2003
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Essays on Black Liberation Army experience, political imprisonment and women in struggle. (AI reason)
Report
Audre Lorde1934–1992
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Poetry and prose blending Black feminist politics with personal voice. (AI reason)
Report
June Jordan1936–2002
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Politically charged poetry and essays on race, resistance and justice. (AI reason)
Report
Sonia Sanchez1934–
AI suggestion, no reader data yet
Black Arts Movement poetry with revolutionary, defiant tone. (AI reason)
Report

Pick Assata Shakur and a few more favorite authors to get suggestions that fit you.