In fact, a close look at Shakur’s time in the House of D shows the powerful ways in which Black liberation influenced gay liberation, and vice versa.
But all of these parts of her history connect in one spot: the Women’s House of Detention at 10 Greenwich Avenue.
Forgotten, though, is her history as a gay liberation radical, her presence at the Stonewall Riots, and her own bisexuality.
Afeni Shakur is today remembered for many things, including her leadership in the Black Panthers her brilliant legal mind the incredible life and work of her son, rapper and actor Tupac Shakur and her autobiography, Evolution of a Revolutionary, which she cowrote with actor Jasmine Guy.
