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 17
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 African American ⓘ
linked to: Black Americans
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 ⓘ
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, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
placeOfEvent Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia
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 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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

If They Come in the Morning: Voices of Resistance → hasContributor → George Jackson ⓘ
linked to: Mumia Abu-Jamal
In Prison My Whole Life → subjectOf → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Mumia Abu-Jamal → name → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Mumia Abu-Jamal → pseudonym → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Seven Stories Press → publishesAuthor → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
In Prison My Whole Life → mainSubject → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
subject linked to: Marc Evans
William Francome → hasSubjectOfWork → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
The Classroom and the Cell → author → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
The Classroom and the Cell → coAuthor → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Leonard Weinglass → represented → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Wesley Cook → alsoKnownAs → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Live from Death Row → author → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Live from Death Row → writtenBy → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
Death Blossoms → author → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ
All Things Censored → author → Mumia Abu-Jamal ⓘ