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The Plight of Political Prisoners in America
Delbert Africa
“The Plight of Political Prisoners in America” by Delbert Africa. On A Move! This is Delbert Africa from Dallas Prison speaking about the plight of political prisoners here in America – especially in light of… Full Transcript
Birth of A Rebel
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“Birth of a rebel.” May 1st, 1989. What brought Ramona Johnson, a shy, introverted but strong-willed woman, to courtroom 253 of Philadelphia’s decaying city hall. A law student at Temple University, she seemed drawn to… Full Transcript
Mumia on the 50th Anniversary of the Black Panther Party
Black August 2003
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Black August has many markers throughout the long history of resistance in the Americas. There are more than we could ever recount here. But here are a few that are important and undeniable events that… Full Transcript
August 8th, 1978
Mumia Abu-Jamal
August has barely broken its first week, when police gunfire shattered the tense early morning air. It was West Philadelphia, 1978, just blocks from Drexel University. For over a year, Philadelphia police occupied the neighborhood… Full Transcript
Solidarity
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Solidarity. The word has been spoken for the better part of a century, at least. Like many words of such ancient vintage, what it means today may vary from what it meant at the dawn… Full Transcript
A Message For MOVE
Shaka Zulu
A message for MOVE on the anniversary of the May 13, 1985, bombing. On behalf of the Central Committee of the New Afrikan Black Panther Party, we want to say: All power to the people,… Full Transcript
MOVE Commemoration
Sundiata Acoli
This is Sundiata Acoli from FCI Cumberland, Maryland, speaking on the May 13th MOVE commemoration activity. May 13th. Eleven MOVE family members, five of them children, the rest, women and men, who were savagely murdered, slaughtered,… Full Transcript
Boom! That’s the sound of a hydraulic cherry picker smashing through the side of a house. A house filled with men, women, children, and animals. (Imitates automatic rifle gunshot sounds.) Gunshots firing. Hundreds of rounds… Full Transcript