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Mumia Thanks His Supporters
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
12 Dec 2017
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Activists gathered in Philadelphia to march, attend teach-ins and demand freedom for Mumia Abu Jamal, who has spent 35 years behind bars in the death of a policeman. From his confinement, Mumia told supporters, “Through it all, I have never felt alone. Behind brick and steel, I felt your love…ever present.”


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