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Afeni Shakur, American music businesswoman, activist, and Black Panther (born 1947)
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Afeni Shakur
American political activist (1947–2016)
Afeni Shakur Davis was an American political activist and member of the Black Panther Party. Shakur was the mother of rapper Tupac Shakur and the executor of his estate. She founded the Tupac Amaru Shakur Foundation and was the CEO of Amaru Entertainment, Inc., a record and film…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Music industry
Creation and selling of music
The music industry are individuals and organizations that earn money by writing songs and musical compositions, creating and selling recorded music and sheet music, presenting concerts, as well as the organizations that aid, train, represent and supply music creators. Among the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Activism
Efforts to make change in society toward a perceived greater good
Activism consists of efforts to promote, impede, direct or intervene in social, political, economic or environmental reform with the desire to make changes in society toward a perceived common good. Forms of activism range from mandate building in a community, petitioning…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Black Panther Party
US political organization (1966–1982)
The Black Panther Party was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)