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Afeni Shakur, mother of Tupac Shakur, is getting divorced, and her husband wants a piece of Tupac’s financial pie as part of the divorce.
Afeni Shakur at a 1970 rally for the "Panther 21" – the 21 members of the Black Panthers who were accused of plotting to attack police stations (Credit: Getty Images) ...
Afeni Shakur, a dedicated activist and the future mother of Tupac Shakur, played a critical role in the fight for racial justice. In Godfather of Harlem, we see the early seeds of her activism ...
Bio: Afeni Shakur Davis (born Alice Faye Williams on January 10, 1947) was an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and political activist who once acted as her own Criminal Defense attorney ...
Ultimately, it was his mother, the late Afeni Shakur, who made the heartbreaking decision to let her 25-year-old son go, allowing him to “fly” rather than prolong his suffering.
Afeni joined the Black Panther organization in 1964. There, she met a fellow Party member named Lumumba Shakur. They got married and Afeni changed her name from Alice Williams to Afeni Shakur.
Afeni would go on to personally represent the group, while pregnant with Shakur, in what became known as the “Panther 21” trial.
Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac Shakur, directed by Allen Hughes, one-time friend and one-time foe of Tupac’s, was the most high-profile recent series, having premiered in April.
Tupac Shakur has been gone for nearly three decades, but his popularity has never waned thanks to family, friends and collaborators like Jamal Joseph and Allen Hughes, who are behind FX ‘s Emmy ...
Afeni Shakur at a session of the Revolutionary People’s Constitutional Convention, organized by the Black Panther Party, in Philadelphia, September 1970 ...
The unsolved killing of rapper Tupac Shakur has taken a new twist. Authorities in Nevada confirmed Tuesday that they served a search warrant this week in connection with the rap star’s shooting ...
Tupac Shakur in the music video for “I Ain’t Mad at Cha,” from his posthumously released album All Eyez on Me, seen in the FX/Hulu documentary series Dear Mama: The Saga of Afeni and Tupac ...