Tupac amaru ii biography of williams

My mother thaught me 3 things: respect, knowledge, […] and she thaught me not to be quiet.

Tupac Shakur

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Born Alice Faye Williams in Lumberton, North Carolina, Afeni and older sister Gloria “Glo” moved to New York when Afeni was in the sixth grade.

She attended the Performing Arts High School in Manhattan with aspirations of becoming an actress. It was at Manny’s Bar on ^th Street in the Bronx that Afeni was introduced to the lessons of the Nation of Islam and Malcolm X, and even though she never joined the Nation, her search for self began.

In Harlem around September , just as her nephew was about to enroll in 1st grade, the teachers of New York Public Schools were threatening to strike and Afeni decided to join with the Black Panther Party to help reopen the schools.

Her life in the Black Panther Party began. She quickly rose in leadership, serving as a section leade