Thank you for writing one of my favorite books about #MumiaAbuJamal and some key Op-Eds about the man and the case.
You can read his obit from a SciFi perspective here.
Thank You, #TerryBisson, #MumiaAbuJamal Biographer
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Take A Look Inside A Replica of #MumiaAbuJamal’s Death Row Cell! Fragments From Brown U. Conference On Incarceration Archive And Abu-Jamal Exhibit
JOHANNA FERNANDEZ: Can you imagine a study of slavery without the slave narrative?
ANGELA Y. DAVIS: Movements create a backlash, and backlash is part of the movement of history.
JULIA WRIGHT: I was just mesmerized by that cell.
LINN WASHINGTON, Jr.: That was his “house” for 28 years!
ME: Wow! A perfect replica!
STEVEN BERNHAUT, member, People’s Organization for Progress: Except for the window. That’s for us.
ME (Feeling Like An Idiot 😉 ): Right!
FERNANDEZ: The erosion of freedom erodes the standard of freedom for all of us.
WASHINGTON: I’m just awed by the way this exhibit has been put together. The phases of it. His activism. His literary productions.
CHRISTOPHER WEST, exhibit curator: There’s something about Mumia…It’s been magic since the beginning.
(Photos by LBWPhoto)
OCTOBER 3rd UPDATE: My article on the conference can be found here.
OCTOBER 8th UPDATE: And Linn Washington’s article is here.
OCTOBER 24th UPDATE: This audio allows everyone to hear the people behind the archive, exhibit and conference.
OCTOBER 25th UPDATE: Here’s my panel.
“Vampire Nation” (Music And Lyrics By Mumia Abu-Jamal, Part Of The Abu-Jamal Papers @ Brown University Incarceration Archives)
VAMPIRE NATION
From the very beginning
To this very day;
This country has gone–its own special way;
from placing Indians in chains and graves;
to bringing Africans–across the waves;
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How can we call this freedom’s land?
When it was built by slavery’s hand!
From 1492 many millions were slew;
From the day Co-lumbus sailed ocean blue.
This is–this is–a Vampire Nation!
Been that way since its creation!
This is–this is–a Vampire Nation!
I sing it without exaggeration!
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But why call it Vampire Nation?
It ain’t Dracula’s generation;
‘Cause America was old before that story got told;
They came in a flood, to feed on each other’s blood;
They bled Cherokee, Ashanti, Arapaho & Mandingo;
Worked ’em ’till they were no mo’;
Runnin’ ’em from shore to shore!
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Why call it Vampire Nation?
It ain’t Dracula’s generation;
This is–this is–a Vampire Nation!
Been that way since its creation!
This is–this is–a Vampire Nation!
Call it out–no hesitation!
@ Copyright Mumia Abu-Jamal
As performed at the Brown University conference.
OCTOBER 29th UPDATE: And here’s the video of the Brown session with the song:
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Here’s the whole thing:
Activists Celebrate Mumia Abu-Jamal’s 69th Birthday, Which Is Today (4/24/23)
Continuing the tradition of fixing my goofs here: I meant to say that Mumia Abu-Jamal was “the first Black radical blogger.” And by the way, The Daily Challenge was/is an African-American newspaper.
My Conversation w/Dayvon Love Of The Leaders Of A Beautiful Struggle About “The Intellectual Legacy of Mumia Abu-Jamal”
I wanted to fix some goofs and omissions here from this November 2022 interview. The name of the Philadelphia NAACP president I didn’t remember was Cecil Moore. The “Hinton” I mentioned was Elizabeth Hinton. Also, I meant “ECO-system,” not “ECHO-system.” And the documentary with Raoul Peck was Exterminate All The Brutes, available on HBO Max, platform also containing 40 Years a Prisoner, Mike Africa Jr.’s journey with his MOVE parents.
#BlackPowerMedia : Philadelphia Common Pleas Judge Denies #MumiaAbuJamal’s Petition For Evidentiary Hearing
Jared Ball, Black Power Media and “The Penny Trick:” What I Thought About Peacock’s “Lowndes County and The Road To Black Power”
As usual, I’ve gotta come here to fix my many goofs! The “her” I’m talking about @ 00:27:00 is Melissa Haizlip, director of the Mr. Soul film and the niece of the Soul! host/producer.
“Bearing Witness In The Case Of Mumia Abu-Jamal” Forum
March 12th Mumia Abu-Jamal Religious Event
Drums in the Global Village 