Background
Mumia Abu-Jamal was born on April 24, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He has a younger brother William, they attended local public schools.
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Mumia Abu-Jamal was born on April 24, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. He has a younger brother William, they attended local public schools.
Mumia Abu-Jamal attended public schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. From the age of 14, he helped form the Philadelphia branch of the Black Panther Party with Defense Captain Reggie Schell and other Panthers. He dropped out of Benjamin Franklin High School and began living at the headquarters of the branch. After leaving the Panthers, Abu-Jamal returned to his former high school. He also studied shortly at Goddard College in rural Vermont.
Science 1968 he was a political activist, From the age of 14, 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 late 1969 - early 1970 he worked with BPP colleagues. By 1975 Abu-Jamal was pursuing a vocation in radio newscasting, first at Temple University's WRTI and then at commercial enterprises. In 1975, he worked at radio station WHAT and became the host of a weekly feature program at WCAU-FM in 1978. He also worked for short periods at the radio station WPEN. From 1979 to 1981 he worked at National Public Radio-affiliate (NPR) WUHY. He was also elected president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists. In December 1981, Abu-Jamal was working as a taxicab driver in Philadelphia two nights a week. He had been working part-time as a reporter for WDAS, then an African-American-oriented and minority-owned radio station.
Mumia Abu-Jamal was involved in black nationalism in the 1970s. In an interview in the early years, Abu-Jamal quoted Mao Zedong, saying that "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun".
Mumia Abu-Jamal supported the MOVE Organization and was also a member of the Black Panther Party until October 1970, but left the party and eventually became president of the Philadelphia Association of Black Journalists.
Mumia had a son Jamal, who was born on July 18, 1971. Mumia Abu-Jamal married at age 19 to Jamal's mother Biba. Their daughter Lateefa was born shortly after the wedding, but the couple divorced. Abu-Jamal married his second wife, Marilyn (known as "Peachie"), in 1977. Their son Mazi was born in early 1978. By 1981, Abu-Jamal was living with his third (and current) wife Wadiya.
