PHILADELPHIA – Litigation brought by supporters of a monument to controversial former Philadelphia Mayor Frank Rizzo, which argued the City of Philadelphia violated its Home Rule Charter and the due process rights of the plaintiffs when it removed the statue in 2020, will now be heard in state court.
Mumia Abu-Jamalâs spiritual advisor confronts DA Krasner and the FOP
May 21, 2021
An interview with Mark Lewis Taylor, founder of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal
This new mural featuring Pam and Ramona Africa alongside other Black women community activists was unveiled on May 11, 2021 directly across the street from Philadelphia City Hall, on the very same block where the infamous statue of Frank Rizzo once stood. Photo: Jamal Journal staff photographer Joe Piette
by the Jamal Journal
May 21, 2021 â Mark Lewis Taylor has been a professor in religion and society at Princeton Theological Seminary since 1982. He is also the founder of Educators for Mumia Abu-Jamal (EMAJ), which was first known as Academics for Mumia Abu-Jamal (AMAJ). In recent years, he has also been working as Mumiaâs spiritual advisor.