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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
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
May 13th 1985 – Meanings
Mumia Abu-Jamal
For years, I’ve written on the meanings of May 13, 1985. The murders, the massacre, the bombing and the burnings of the MOVE organization in Philadelphia; the unjust incarceration of Ramona Africa, and the impunity… Full Transcript
Court Support for Mumia by Ramona Africa and Basima
Seeds of Wisdom
Mumia Abu-Jamal
“30 to 100 years, no more! Free move now! Open up the door!,” a marchers chant. To hear news accounts their numbers weren’t impressive, with less than 50 marchers participating in a May 13, 1993… Full Transcript
May 13 Remembered Part 2
Mumia Abu-Jamal
It has been eight years now since the massacre; eight years since the carnage on Osage Avenue; eight years since an urban Holocaust which stole 11 human lives; eight years since the unjust encagement of… Full Transcript
“In Memory of May 13th.” In a matter of hours, the calendar will ring in May 13th, and it will mark the 35th year since the massacre on Mother’s Day, 1985, when police armed with… Full Transcript