© 2025
In touch with the world ... at home on the High Plains
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
105.7 KJJP serving Amarillo, Texas will be operating at diminished power with periods of being off air now through the end of Friday due to tower maintenance. Please use the streaming services on this website or on the HPPR mobile app.

Black liberation activist Assata Shakur has died at 78

By Adrian Florido
Published September 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM CDT

Assata Shakur, a Black political activist who was convicted for killing a New Jersey state trooper and later exiled to Cuba, has died.

Copyright 2025 NPR
Adrian Florido
Adrian Florido is a national correspondent for NPR covering race and identity in America.