Mumia Abu-Jamal

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Mumia Abu-Jamal is an American journalist, former Black Panther, and political activist whose controversial conviction and death-row imprisonment for the 1981 killing of a police officer have made him an international symbol in debates over racial justice and the U.S. criminal legal system.

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Mumia Abu-Jamal canonical 4
George Jackson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf author
former Black Panther Party member
human
journalist
political activist
prisoner
radio journalist
birthName Wesley Cook
charge murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner
convictedBy Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County
convictionStatus convicted
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1954-04-24
dateOfEvent 1981-12-09
deathRowIncarceration Pennsylvania
ethnicGroup Black Americans
surface form: African American
familyName Cook
givenName Wesley
hasHealthIssue diabetes
hepatitis C
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalProceeding numerous appeals and post-conviction relief petitions
memberOf Black Panther Party
movement Black Power movement
civil rights movement in the United States
prison abolition movement
name Mumia Abu-Jamal self-link
notableFor conviction for the 1981 killing of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner
long-term imprisonment and time on death row
symbolic role in debates over racial justice in the U.S. criminal legal system
notableWork All Things Censored
Death Blossoms
Live from Death Row
We Want Freedom: A Life in the Black Panther Party
occupation author
journalist
political activist
radio host
placeOfBirth Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfEvent Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
politicalPosition critic of mass incarceration in the United States
critic of police brutality
supporter of Black liberation movements
previousSentence death penalty
pseudonym Mumia Abu-Jamal
religion Islam
residence Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
surface form: Pennsylvania state prison system
sentence life imprisonment without parole
subjectOf documentaries and books about his case
international campaigns for his release or new trial

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If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance hasContributor Mumia Abu-Jamal
this entity surface form: George Jackson
In Prison My Whole Life subjectOf Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal name Mumia Abu-Jamal self-link
Mumia Abu-Jamal pseudonym Mumia Abu-Jamal