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.

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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.

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. Reprinted from The Associated Press,…

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FOP Losses Big

Philly DA Larry Krasner’s big win is a huge loss for the police union that tried to stop him

Krasner’s resounding victory over Carlos Vega was an emphatic marker of the rapid decline of the FOP’s political brand. May 20, 2021, By Sean Collins Walsh, Chris Brennan, and Julia Terruso, Reprinted from The Philadelphia Inquirer (original link). After…

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36th Anniversary to Honor MOVE

Join the MOVE Family on the 36th Anniversary of the MOVE Bombing

Sat., May 15, 2021, 12 Noon – 4 pm. Join original MOVE members Ramona Africa, Consuewella Africa, Janet Africa, Janine Africa, Eddie Africa, Carlos Africa, Pam Africa, Sue Africa and Alberta Africa. Free Food giveaway by…

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Remember MOVE on May 13, 2021

Thurs., May 13, 2021, Event to Honor MOVE Lives Lost, Black Neighborhood Torched.

Link to live stream: https://youtu.be/Yr-at2qOSco(if stream crashes, new stream will be automatically created at YouTube channel (youtube.com/hate5six) May 13, 2021, 5 pm, Osage Ave. & Cobbs Creek Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA (map/directions). Featuring MOVE Speakers. March to Malcolm…

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April 24, 2021, Protesters take to downtown Philadelphia for Mumia Abu-Jamal

If Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Case Is a ‘Non-Issue,’ Why Have Media Gone to Such Lengths to Silence Him?

May 1, 2021, By Janine Jackson, Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR), Reprinted from https://FAIR.org/. Philadelphia public broadcaster WHYY (4/24/2021) was one of the few outlets to report on an April 24 rally seeking the release…

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Mumia transferred back to prison infirmary.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021, Reprinted from The Jamal Journal. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been transferred out of the hospital today from receiving triple heart bypass surgery and is now in the prison infirmary. Mumia is at the…

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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.