Tupac Shakur grew up around nothing but self-delusion. His mother, Alice Faye Williams, thought she was a \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"revolutionary.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" She called herself \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Afeni Shakur\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" and associated with members of the ill-fated Black Panther Party, a movement that wanted to feed school kids breakfast and earn civil rights for African Americans.
During her youth she dropped out of high school, partied with North Carolina gang members, then moved to Brooklyn: After an affair with one of Malcolm X\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s bodyguards, she became political. When the mostly white United Federation of Teachers went on strike in 1968, she crossed the picket line and taught the children herself. After this she joined a New York chapter of the Black Panther Party and fell in with an organizer named Lumumba. She took to ranting about killing \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"the......
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