Mutulu Shakur, DAc (1950-2023)

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Bio | Dr. Mutulu Shakur, DAc (1950-2023)

Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Black Acupuncture Advisory Association of North America (BAAANA)

Dr. Mutulu Shakur is a doctor of acupuncture who co-founded two institutions devoted to improving healthcare in the Black community. The detox program he managed at Lincoln, could be considered the largest and most effective of its kind.

Activist • Educator • Practitioner

Dr. Shakur Mutulu’s political and social consciousness began at an early age. He grew up assisting his mother, who was Black, female, and blind — distinctions that accelerated Dr. Shakur’s experience, as he navigated the maze of the social service system. He learned that the system did not operate in the interests of Black people, and that Black involvement and control was necessary in institutions that affect Black lives.

Though controversy surrounds his activism, for which he was targeted and then served a life-long prison sentence, he is known in the auricular field for his employment in 1970 by the Lincoln Detox Community (addiction treatment) Program as a political education instructor — a role which evolved to include counseling and treatment of withdrawal symptoms using auricular acupuncture. Earning a doctorate in acupuncture, Dr. Shakur became certified and licensed to practice acupuncture in the State of California in 1976. Eventually, he became the Program’s Assistant Director and remained associated with the program until 1978. He was the driving force behind the development of a 5-point auricular acupuncture protocol that is now widely practiced worldwide for not only addiction but a variety of trauma-induced conditions.

Dr. Shakur co-founded the Black Acupuncture Advisory Association of North America (BAAANA) and the Harlem Institute of Acupuncture, which he also co-directed from 1978 to 1982. Many community leaders, political activists, lawyers and doctors were served by BAAANA, and over one hundred medical students were trained in the discipline of acupuncture.

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