Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia's Innocent Native Son

Protest for justice for Mumia Abu-Jamal. By Joe Piette

Bring Mumia Home

Mumia Abu-Jamal is Philadelphia’s Native Son.
Free the evidence. Free Mumia.

WHO IS MUMIA?  |  EXONERATED WHO?

Who is Mumia?

Mumia Abu-Jamal has been writing since age 15, first as Minister of Information for the Philadelphia Black Panthers (1969-1971), then for numerous Philadelphia radio and print venues, including National Public Radio. Mumia is an internationally-recognized award-winning journalist known as, “the voice of the voiceless” for his many years spent writing about issues relating to racism in Philadelphia, the murder of local MOVE organization people, people in prison, and more.

Writing

Mumia has written eight books and countless articles and commentaries from a prison cell on death row in Pennsylvania.

Support

The movement for Mumia Abu-Jamal is an international network that has taken to the streets for over thirty years to stop two state-sponsored executions, organized to overturn his death sentence, recently sponsored a landmark court case which forced the PA Department of Corrections to administer treatment for his Hepatitis C.

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Events & News

Including press releases, articles printed elsewhere, protests, and more.

Giant Mumia Puppet

New Giant Mumia Puppet!

On July 3, 2021, there was a demonstration in remembrance of Consuewella Africa. The rally included Jacqueline Wade shepherded the building of a giant Mumia puppet that could be seen from a mile away in downtown…

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Free Mumia! Int'l Event.

Free Mumia Now: An Int’l Event

Sat., July 31, 2021. 5 pm – 8:30 pm BST/London time. 12 Noon – 3:30 pm EST/New York time. 9 am – 12:30 pm PST/California time. 6 pm – 9:30 pm France time. Register: https://bit.ly/36Ffi5S to…

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July 3, 2021, March & Rally for Mumia Abu-Jamal

Honor MOVE’s Consuewella Africa: MOVE to Free Mumia!

Sat., July 3, 2021, 2 pm, Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Blvd, Philadelphia, PA One block from Philadelphia City Hall, Six blocks from Greyhound Bus Station. A Philadelphia rally on Saturday, July 3, 2021, starting at…

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Our beloved sister Consuewella Africa passed away June 16, 2021

June 16, 2021, The MOVE Organization. The MOVE ORGANIZATION just wants to take the time to inform people that our beloved sister Consuewella Africa passed away today. Consuewella had been hospitalized these past couple of weeks…

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Mumia Abu-Jamal arriving at court in 1985

State Supreme Court to hear latest Mumia Abu-Jamal case filings.

The state Superior Court ruled Thursday that it lacked jurisdiction to hear Abu-Jamal’s latest challenge of his conviction and life sentence for the 1981 traffic stop death of Officer Daniel Faulkner. Easy-To-Understand Article. May 20, 2021,…

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March 12, 2021, Protesting D.A. Krasner.

Black Lives Matter movement sparks electoral defeat for FOP

May 27, 2021, By Betsey Piette, Workers World. For decades, the endorsement of the powerful Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was sought by almost every candidate running for office in the city and throughout Pennsylvania. Through…

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Our Exonerated

We love Philadelphia and agonize how many of our Native Sons (Black men) are framed up by ambitious District Attorneys, racist police, and compromised judges. The newest Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) and its detailed review of suspicious cases has, so far, exonerated 22 innocent men. All Black. All framed for murder. Read their stories.