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Race Against Death : The Struggle for the Life and Freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal

Abstract

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This work is about the struggle for the life and freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Abu-Jamal is an African American journalist sentenced to death for the murder of a white police officer. The dissertation's thesis is that Abu-Jamal never got a fair trial and is very likely innocent. In addition to the issues racism, class exploitation, and political oppression, these were the two main reasons why this case was able to ignite a mass movement to free Abu-Jamal and to end the death penalty.

Degree

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Level thesis:degree_level
thesis.doctoral
Grantor dc:publisher
Universität Heidelberg
Year
2004

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Schiffmann, Michael
Contributors dc:contributor
  • Schulz, Dieter

Identifiers

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Repository record source_url
http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/5632
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de:5632

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2026-07-24
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citation

Schiffmann, Michael. Race Against Death : The Struggle for the Life and Freedom of Mumia Abu-Jamal. thesis.doctoral thesis, Universität Heidelberg, 2004. http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/5632