August 26, 2022 Brown University acquires writings from Mumia Abu-Jamal as part of mass incarceration research The political activist is serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a ...

Abu-Jamal, born Wesley Cook, was a journalist, political activist and founding member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party. In 1982, Abu-Jamal was convicted of shooting and killing ...

News about Mumia Abu-Jamal, ... Danny Faulkner, a 26-year-old police officer in uniform, stopped a car driven by Mr. Abu-Jamal's brother, William Cook, in downtown Philadelphia.

Abu-Jamal Debate Continues. Philadelphia Radical Seeks Retrial in Officer's 1981 Slaying. By Will Bunch. December 16, 2006 at 7:00 p.m. EST. PHILADELPHIA -- It's a murder story that, at least ...

In his first major interview in four years, America’s most well-known and outspoken political prisoner, Mumia Abu-Jamal, discusses his past, his counterculture roots with the Black Panther Party ...

Several dozen supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered outside a Philadelphia courtroom Wednesday as a judge heard arguments on whether he should get another trial.. Abu-Jamal is currently serving life ...

Former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal was sentenced to death in 1982 for the murder of a Philadelphia cop, and his freedom was long a prominent cause. Mumia Abu-Jamal on Trump, Due Process, and If ...

Mumia Abu-Jamal is a Black American political activist and journalist, as you know, who has been incarcerated since he was convicted in 1982 and sentenced to death for the 1981 murder of Daniel ...

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 8 -- Several hundred supporters of death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal rallied today for his release, marking the 20th anniversary of the shooting of a police officer.

Mumia Abu-Jamal has been behind bars for 42 years now. He is serving a life sentence for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. He was originally sentenced to death in ...

In a poignant episode of Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D engaged with Jamal Ibn Mumia, the activist son of political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal. During this Black History Month special, they delve into ...

Abu-Jamal was born Wesley Cook in Philadelphia in 1954. As a teenager, he co-founded a local chapter of the Black Panthers , which advocated socialism, Black nationalism and armed self-defense.