Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; [3] ) 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 Abu-Jamal, American journalist and political activist sentenced to death and then to life in prison for the 1981 murder of a police officer, Daniel Faulkner, in Philadelphia. Abu-Jamal long claimed his innocence, and a ‘Free Mumia’ movement emerged in the early 1990s.
Mumia Abu-Jamal in a photo taken Dec. 13, 1995, by Lisa Terry by JR Valrey, The People’s Minister of Information Dec. 9, 2024, marks the 43rd anniversary of the arrest and political imprisonment of world renowned journalist, prolific author of over 12 books, as well as veteran of the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party, Mumia Abu Jamal. He is one of the longest held political ...
Mumia Abu Jamal is an award-winning broadcast journalist, essayist, and author of 12 books. Most recently, he’s edited Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader and authored the historic trilogy Murder Incorporated.
Supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal are on a 103-mile, 12-day march ending Tuesday in Frackville, Pennsylvania, where he is imprisoned at the Mahanoy state prison. The march ends on the same day Abu ...
Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook in 1954) is a globally recognised Black American journalist, activist, and author who has been incarcerated since 1981. Often described as the “Voice of the Voiceless,” his case became an international cause célèbre during the nearly three decades he spent on death row, symbolising for many the entrenched racism and judicial bias of the American criminal ...