Asase Yaa Drummers from Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation perform during event. (Bill Moore photo) 
Asase Yaa Dancers help celebrate Assata Shakur at Riverside Church. (Bill Moore photo) 
Marc Lamont Hill and Angela Davis give remarks. (Bill Moore photo) 
A capella musical ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock sings during celebration. (Bill Moore photo) 
Nation of Islam ministers attend celebration of Assata Shakur. (Bill Moore photo) 
Assata Shakur’s daughter Kakuya Shakur speaks during celebration. (Bill Moore photo) 
Family of Assata Shakur at celebration of her life. (Bill Moore photo) 
Lennox Hinds, founder of National Conference of Black Lawyers. (Bill Moore photo) 
Activist Laura Whitehon (left) and journalist and poet Rosemari Mealy. (Bill Moore photo) 
Hip-hop superstar Common drops a few bars at Riverside Church. (Bill Moore photo.)
The community came together at Riverside Church on May 30 to celebrate the life of Black liberation fighter Assata Shakur, who died on September 25, 2025, in Cuba, where she had been living since fleeing the United States in 1979.
Shakur was celebrated for her dedication to Black freedom and the cause of liberty for all people through song, poetry, and dance. A number of speakers were also on hand, including family and colleagues, to remember the person she was and what she meant.
(Photos by Bill Moore for the New York Amsterdam News)
