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Mumia Abu Jamal: U.S. Obsessed with the Gun
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 Dec 2017
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In an essay for Prison Radio, the nation’s best known political prisoner praised the works of Native American historian Roxanne Ortiz-Dunbar, including her latest book on the roots of the country’s obsession with firearms. “America is a creation of genocide, slavery and mass death,” said Mumia Abu Jamal. “The gun, far more than the Bible, made this so.”


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