Wesley Cook
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Wesley Cook, better known as Mumia Abu-Jamal, is an American journalist and former Black Panther whose controversial conviction and death sentence for the 1981 murder of a Philadelphia police officer made him an international symbol in debates over racial justice and the death penalty.
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| Mumia Abu-Jamal | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Mumia Abu-Jamal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthName | Wesley Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeCélèbreOf |
anti–death penalty movement
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racial justice activists worldwide ⓘ |
| charge | murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictedBy | Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| convictionStatus | convicted ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1954-04-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfEvent | 1981-12-09 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasWrittenAbout |
mass incarceration in the United States
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police brutality ⓘ prison conditions ⓘ racism in the criminal justice system ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| legalStatus | incarcerated ⓘ |
| memberOf | Black Panther Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement |
Black liberation movement
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prison abolition movement ⓘ |
| name | Wesley Cook NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being a symbol in debates over racial justice in the United States
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being a symbol in debates over the death penalty ⓘ conviction for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner ⓘ |
| notableRole | commentator on social and political issues from prison ⓘ |
| notableWork |
"All Things Censored"
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"Death Blossoms" NERFINISHED ⓘ "Live from Death Row" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
author
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journalist ⓘ political activist ⓘ radio journalist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Philadelphia
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surface form:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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| placeOfEvent | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | president of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence | Pennsylvania state prison system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sentence |
death sentence (later commuted)
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life imprisonment without parole ⓘ |
| spouse | Wadiya Jamal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
debates about fairness of his trial
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documentary films ⓘ international campaigns for clemency ⓘ numerous books and articles ⓘ |
| timePeriod | active in Black Panther Party in late 1960s and early 1970s ⓘ |
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