Afeni Shakur
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Afeni Shakur, mother of the famous American rapper Tupac Shakur, was a very significant member of the Black Panther Party.
She led a series of chapters during the "break down" of the Black Panther party. Her intellect and ability enabled her to edit and write columns for the Panther Post with such strategic craftiness that it misled the FBI to believe that the Black Panther Party was no longer in existence, while in fact they were multiplying rapidly.
While pregnant with her son, Afeni Shakur was incarcerated for withholding information that could have led to the arrest of leading members of the Black Panther Party. She was released when the police found no evidence to support the charge.
Since her son's death, Afeni Shakur has overseen the release of his work. A year after the Tupac's death, she founded the Georgia-based Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation, which provides art programs for young people.