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Mumia Abu-Jamal
Born 1954-04-24Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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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Träume und andere Realitäten: Rückblick auf 30 Jahre junge WeltRoleLong Distance Revolutionary: A Journey with Mumia Abu-JamalSelfCOINTELPRO 101Self (archive footage)Justice On Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-JamalHimselfThe Angola 3: Black Panthers and the Last Slave PlantationNarrator (voice)In Prison My Whole LifeSelfThe Jena 6NarratorBlack Devil DollMubia Abul-JamaZapatistaSelf (voice)Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?HimselfAll Power to the People!Self