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Her  married name  was  Chesimard. She is  an  African-American  activist and member of the former  Black Panther Party  (BPP) and  Black Liberation Army  (BLA). Between 1971 and 1973, Shakur was accused of several crimes and was the subject of a multi-state  manhunt . In May 1973, Shakur was involved in a shootout on the  New Jersey Turnpike , in which she was accused of killing  New Jersey State Trooper   Werner Foerster  and grievously assaulting Trooper James Harper. BLA member Zayd Malik Shakur was also killed in the incident, and Shakur was wounded. Between 1973 and 1977, Shakur was  indicted  in relation to six other incidents—charged with  murder ,  attempted murder ,  armed robbery ,  bank robbery , and  kidnapping —resulting in three  acquittals  and three  dismissals . In 1977, she was convicted of the  first-degree murder  of ...

Black and Tan Republicans were African Americans in the Reconstruction-era South who were loyal to the Republican Party.  When the Republican Party was founded in 1854, few African Americans joined.  By the time of the election of Abraham Lincoln, the Party began to attract support from Northern blacks. That support continued to grow into the late 1860's as many Southern blacks, now voting, cast ballots for the Republicans. After the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution was passed in 1870, allowing most of the black males in the former Confederate states to vote,  the Republican Party (also known as the Grand Old Party or GOP) commanded the loyalty of an overwhelming majority of African Americans. Many of the newly enfranchised Southern black men now formed "Black and Tan" clubs, which along with similar organizations like the Union League, helped to institutionally tie these voters to the Republican Party.  Black Republican votes were also driven b...

(born  Elmer Pratt , September 13, 1947 – June 2, 2011), also known as  Geronimo ji-Jaga  and  Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt , was a high-ranking member of the  Black Panther Party . The  Federal Bureau of Investigation  targeted him in a  COINTELPRO   operation, which aimed to "neutralize Pratt as an effective BPP functionary."  Pratt was tried and convicted of the kidnap and murder of Caroline Olsen in 1972, and spent 27 years in prison, eight of which were in  solitary confinement . Pratt was freed in 1997 when his conviction was vacated. He was working as a  human rights  activist up until the time of his death. Pratt was also the  godfather  of the late rapper  Tupac Shakur .  He died of a heart attack in his adopted country,  Tanzania , on June 3, 2011. Elmer Pratt was born in  Morgan City, Louisiana , where his father was in the scrap metal business. Pratt was a high school  quart...