2Pac

Born: June 16, 1971
Physical Departure: September 13, 1996

Tupac Amaru was named after an Inca Chief, it's meaning is shining serpent. Tupac
Amaru Shakur grew up around many influential leaders of the Black Panther Party.
His mother, born Alice Faye Williams, who later changed her name to Afeni Shakur,
was a section leader in the Black Panther Party. The Black Panther Party spurn from
a movement to re-open the New York Public Schools, feed school kids breakfast and
gain equal civil rights for African Americans.

Tupac was born on June 16, 1971, one month prior to his birth, a pregnant Afeni had
just defended herself in court and been acquitted of ...

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