- Born
- Birth nameWesley Cook
- Mumia Abu-Jamal was born on April 23, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. He is an actor, known for Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt? (1998), All Power to the People! (the Black Panther Party and Beyond) (1996) and Justice on Trial: The Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (2010).
- Many liberal Hollywood celebrities have come to his defense, including Martin Sheen, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Moore, Edward James Olmos, Mike Farrell and Edward Asner, demanding that he be given a new trial.
- Journalist and novelist.
- Founding member of Black Panther Party in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Is the subject of the song "Voice Of The Voiceless" by Rage Against the Machine.
- As of 2011 he is off death row and serving a life sentence with no chance of parole.
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