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Mumia Abu Jamal: U.S. Obsessed with the Gun
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
06 Dec 2017

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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