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Poster has a large black and white photograph of Assata Shakur along the right edge and center. The poster reads overall, "Former Black Panther Party member Assata Shakur is under attack again. The United States Department of Justice and the state of New Jersey has announced a $1 million bounty for her illegal capture inside of the Republic of Cuba. Historically, the international community has unconditionally supported her human right to be free as well as Cuba's right to sovereignty. "Hands off Assata" "Remember Zayd Malik Shakur Free Sundiata Acoli and all Political Prisoners of & POW's" www.handsoffassata.com (718) 303-7037." [Assata Shakur was the revolutionary "nom de guerre" taken by African American activist JoAnne Chesimard (nee Byron). In 1977 Shakur was convicted for her role in a 1973 armed robbery that resulted in several deaths. She escaped in 1979 and has been living in political exile in Cuba since 1984. She is the step-aunt of the deceased hip hop icon Tupac Shakur. -LMC]