Mumia Abu-Jamal
Birthday: 1954-04-24
Place of Birth: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography: Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Mumia is an internationally-recognized award-winning journalist who has written eight books and countless articles and commentaries from a prison cell on death row in Pennsylvania. He has been writing since age 15, first as Minister of Information for the Philadelphia Black Panthers (1969-1971), then for numerous Philadelphia radio and print venues, including National Public Radio.
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Zapatista
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In Prison My Whole Life
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Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
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Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
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The Jena 6
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