Mutulu Shakur

When Black and brown activists created Lincoln Detox, they also helped spread Eastern medicine.

An introduction to Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the development of an acupuncture detox unit in the South Bronx in the 1970s.

The opioid crisis is a hot topic this year, and a recent article in The Atlantic magazine mentions Dr. Mutulu Shakur as one of the figures who brought acupuncture treatment into the mainstream part…

Many are familiar with the practice of acupuncture and its utilization in addiction treatment. What you may not know is that acupuncture was introduced into

Dr. Mutulu Shakur, New Afrikan revolutionary, acupuncturist, and political theorist, passed on July 7th, 2023. After 37 years incarcerated as a political prisoner, Dr. Shakur spent just seven months free after his compassionate release in December of 2022 before he transitioned. He would have celeb

“I didn’t create T.H.U.G L.I.F.E., I diagnosed it.” – Tupac Shakur      Dr. Mutulu Shakur is the most valuable acupuncturist who should be released from prison to date. …

California-based acupuncturist Dr. Tenisha Dandridge shares nearly-lost history of acupuncture among African-Americans.

“I fought hard every day that I was incarcerated," he told NBC News.

Mutulu Shakur, who is dying of bone cancer, should have been released long ago, but the cruelties of carceral system know no bounds.

Though he was eligible for release in 2016, judicial discretion and an antiquated parole system are turning Mutulu Shakur’s cancer into a death sentence.

Shakur served over 35 years in federal prison for his role in the 1981 Brink’s robbery