Voting Rights Act Without the Real Right to Vote (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
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Rosa and the Rest of Us (Version B)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
There was something eerily unsettling about the national outpouring of mourning for the late Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. The flood of official faces, those of politicians, makes me uneasy. To look at the pinched… Full Transcript
Rosa and the Rest of Us (Version A)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
There was something eerily unsettling about the national outpouring of mourning for the late Civil Rights pioneer Rosa Parks. The flood of official faces, those of politicians, makes me uneasy. To look at the pinched… Full Transcript
Failed System (Man is Bastard 4)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The muted public response to the mass murder of MOVE members has set the stage for acceptable state violence against radicals, against Blacks, and against all those deemed socially unacceptable. In the 60s and 70s,… Full Transcript
Philadelphia Eminent Domain (Man is Bastard 3)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
She sits in utter stillness, her coffee-brown features as if set in obsidian, as if a mask. Barely perceptible, the tears threatening to overflow that dark, proud maternal face, a face held still by rage.… Full Transcript
August History (Man is Bastard 6)
Mumia Abu-Jamal
George Jackson was my hero. He set a standard for prisoners, political prisoners, for people. He showed the love, the strength, the revolutionary fervor that’s characteristic of any soldier for the people. He inspired prisoners, whom I later… Full Transcript
Allen’s Lament
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The great black writer James Baldwin once said, “They saw themselves as others had seen them. They had been formed by the images made of them by those who had had the deepest necessity to… Full Transcript
Forty Years In The Wilderness
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It’s been 40 long years since the much-heralded “March on Washington.” Almost half a century, and what is our condition today? Our communities are ravaged from crushing poverty, crumbling schools, bumbling politicians, and brutal cops.… Full Transcript
Mumia Thanks PEN Oakland Award
17. William Kunstler Introduction
Mumia Abu-Jamal
Emcee: William Kunstler is a longtime civil rights activist. He has long been active in First Amendment and civil rights cases. William Kunstler: Before I read my portion, I just want to indicate a couple… Full Transcript
6. Media is Mirage
Mumia Abu-Jamal
American mass media is a marvel of technology. It is whiz-bang, sparkle-glitter, and satellite wizardry. It is a master plan of methods to communicate in a pauper’s worth of substance. With such technology, how are… Full Transcript
4. War On The Poor
Mumia Abu-Jamal
In every phase and facet of national life, there’s a war being waged on America’s poor. In social policy, poor mothers are targeted for criminal sanctions for acts, if committed by mothers of higher economic… Full Transcript
