Involvement with the Black PanthersĪbu-Jamal has described being "kicked .
According to Abu-Jamal, "Mumia" means "Prince" and was the name of a Kenyan anti-colonial African nationalist who fought against the British before Kenyan independence.
In 1968, a high school teacher, a Kenyan instructing a class on African cultures, encouraged the students to take African or Arabic names for classroom use he gave Cook the name "Mumia". During his imprisonment, Abu-Jamal has published books and commentaries on social and political issues his first book was Live from Death Row (1995).Ību-Jamal was born Wesley Cook in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he grew up. When his death sentence was overturned by a Federal court in 2001, he was described as "perhaps the world's best-known death-row inmate" by The New York Times. The Faulkner family, politicians, and other groups involved with law enforcement, state and city governments argue that Abu-Jamal's trial was fair, his guilt beyond question, and his death sentence justified. Since 1982, the murder trial of Abu-Jamal has been seriously criticized for constitutional failings some have claimed that he is innocent, and many opposed his death sentence. The MOVE Nine were the members who were arrested and convicted of murder in that case. He supported the Philadelphia organization MOVE and covered the 1978 confrontation in which one police officer was killed. He eventually served as president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists (1978–1980). After leaving, he completed his high school education, and later became a radio reporter. He entered the general prison population early the following year.īeginning at the age of 14 in 1968, Abu-Jamal became involved with the Black Panther Party and was a member until October 1970, leaving the party at age 16. In 2011, the prosecution agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. After numerous appeals, his death penalty sentence was overturned by a federal court. While on death row, he has written and commented on the criminal justice system in the United States. Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook April 24, 1954) 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.
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