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Freedom to Teach: Reading Assata Shakur

A copy of Assata Shakur’s book “Assata: An Autobiography,” is seen on a table in Trinity Washington University’s Africana Studies Reading Room Oct. 7, 2025. (Trinity Times photo/Saron Gebereegziabhier)

Trinity Times student journalists Anette Perez and Saron Gebereegziabhier examine how a campus reading of the polarizing figure Assata Shakur sparked debate on race, history, and learning at U.S. universities.