Mumia Abu-Jamal
ActingBorn: 1954-04-24Place 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.
Known For
In Prison My Whole Life
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Träume und andere Realitäten: Rückblick auf 30 Jahre junge Welt
Black Devil Doll
Mubia Abul-Jama
Zapatista
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All Power to the People!
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Long Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-Jamal
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COINTELPRO 101
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
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The Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave Plantation
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Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal
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