Mumia Abu-Jamal

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mumia Abu-Jamal
Occupation	Activist
Date Of Birth	Apr 24, 1954(1954-04-24)
Age	70
Birthplace	Philadelphia
Country	United States
Birth City	Pennsylvania
Horoscope	Taurus

Mumia Abu-Jamal Biography

Mumia Abu-Jamal is one of the most popular and richest Activist who was born on April 24, 1954 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

Abu-Jamal has described being “kicked … into the Black Panther Party” as a teenager of 14, after suffering a beating from “white racists” and a policeman for trying to disrupt a 1968 rally for Independent candidate George Wallace, former governor of Alabama, who was running on a racist platform. From then he helped form the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party with Defense Captain Reggie Schell, and other Panthers. He was appointed as the chapter’s “Lieutenant of Information,” responsible for writing information and news communications. In an interview in the early years, Abu-Jamal quoted Mao Zedong, saying that “political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”. That same year, he dropped out of Benjamin Franklin High School and began living at the branch’s headquarters.

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”. 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.

Mumia Abu-Jamal Net Worth

Mumia Abu-Jamal is one of the richest Activist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Mumia Abu- Jamal 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is a 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. He became widely known while on death row for his writings and commentary on the criminal justice system in the United States. After numerous appeals, his death penalty sentence was overturned by a Federal court. In 2011, the prosecution agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. He entered the general prison population early the following year.

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Who is Mumia Abu-Jamal Dating?

According to our records, Mumia Abu-Jamal married to Wadiya Cook. As of December 1, 2023, Mumia Abu-Jamal’s is not dating anyone.

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In 1977 Abu-Jamal married again, to his second wife, Marilyn (known as “Peachie”). Their son, Mazi, was born in early 1978. By 1981, Abu-Jamal had divorced Peachie and married to his third (and current) wife, Wadiya.

Facts & Trivia

Nathan Ranked on the list of most popular Activist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mumia Abu-Jamal celebrates birthday on April 24 of every year.

At 3:55 am on December 9, 1981, in Philadelphia, close to the intersection at 13th and Locust streets, Philadelphia Police Department officer Daniel Faulkner conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle belonging to and driven by William Cook, Abu-Jamal’s younger brother. Faulkner and Cook became engaged in a physical confrontation. Driving his cab in the vicinity, Abu-Jamal observed the altercation, parked, and ran across the street toward Cook’s car. Faulkner was shot from behind and in the face. He shot Abu-Jamal in the stomach. Faulkner died at the scene from the gunshot to his head.

What happened to Mumia Abu-Jamal?

Mumia Abu-Jamal, originally Wesley Cook, (born April 24, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.), American journalist and political activist sentenced to death and then to life in prison for the 1981 murder of a police officer, Daniel Faulkner, in Philadelphia.

How long was Mumia Abu-Jamal on death row?

Abu-Jamal spent 20 years on death row and during that time concerns about the fairness of his death sentence drew international attention. Amnesty International took up his cause, the New York Times crowned him the “world’s best known death-row inmate” and a Paris street was named after him.

Was Mumia a member of move?

He was elected president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. Before joining MOVE , Abu-Jamal reported on the organization. When he joined MOVE, he said it was because of his love of the people in the organization.

How old is Mumia Abu-Jamal?

68 years (April 24, 1954)

When was Mumia Abu Jamal imprisoned?

The two Philadelphias of 1981. When Abu-Jamal was arrested, it had been a little under two years since Frank Rizzo, the police commissioner-turned-mayor with a long record of brutal policing tactics aimed at Black Philadelphians, had departed City Hall.