Governor Ridge set the execution of the inmate, Mumia Abu-Jamal, for 10 P.M. on Aug. 17. AP June 3, 1995 ...

Fernández met Abu-Jamal in 2005 after visiting him in prison. The historian wrote and produced a documentary film about the case, titled "Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal." ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Abu-Jamal, born Wesley Cook, was at the center of that maelstrom. As a youth, he had been active for a time with the Black Panthers. As a radio journalist, he had covered some of the major race ...

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 ...

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 ...

02.24.25 - 4:00pm 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, ...