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Mumia Abu-Jamal

1954 - Today

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Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American 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. While on death row, he wrote and commented on the criminal justice system in the United States. After numerous appeals, his death sentence was overturned by a federal court. In 2011, the prosecution agreed to a sentence of life imprisonment without parole. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Mumia Abu-Jamal is the 528th most popular social activist (down from 484th in 2024), the 7,966th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,685th in 2019) and the 74th most popular American Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 528 out of 840. Before him are Tarab Abdul Hadi, Meena Keshwar Kamal, Szeto Wah, Vladimir Burtsev, Joseph Weydemeyer, and Sergei Petrovich Trubetskoy. After him are Annie Kenney, Charu Majumdar, Hadja Saran Daraba Kaba, Tatyana Baramzina, Shivakumara Swami, and Nadia Murad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 366. Before him are George Galloway, Alberto Malesani, Antonio Olmo, Bob Weinstein, Lawrence Summers, and José María Figueres. After him are Keith Campbell, Oscar Larrauri, Rick Warren, K. Chandrashekar Rao, Mustafa Barghouti, and Aavo Pikkuus.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 7,969 out of 20,380. Before him are Rudy Rucker (1946), Elizabeth Hartman (1943), Anita Borg (1949), Tamina Snuka (1978), Grace Park (1974), Tisha Campbell-Martin (1968), and Nancy Kress (1948). After him are William Ellery Channing (1780), Casey Kasem (1932), Constance Towers (1933), Robert Jarvik (1946), and Rick Warren (1954).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In United States

Among social activists born in United States, Mumia Abu-Jamal ranks 74. Before him are Sam Childers (1963), Assata Shakur (1947), Medgar Evers (1925), Lucy Stone (1818), Ruby Bridges (1954), and Katie Eder (1950). After him are Abraham Flexner (1866), Dorothea Dix (1802), Lucy Parsons (1853), Roger Stone (1952), Jerry Rubin (1938), and Fred Hampton (1948).

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