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Black power behind bars

Over two years, Ed Pilkington has interviewed eight of the 20 African American radicals languishing in prison for their actions during the 1970s black liberation struggle.

26 October 2022

  • A protester holds up a poster depicting Mumia Abu-Jamal in Philadelphia.

    Ex-Black Panther asks for fresh trial amid new evidence

    New evidence shows that the conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal – who has spent over 40 years in prison – was tainted, prompting calls for a re-examination

24 September 2020

  • Jalil Muntaqim. For Ed Pilkington story on jailed Black Radicals

    Former Black Panther to be released after more than 49 years in prison

    Jalil Muntaqim was one of several black liberation radicals incarcerated for decades in the wake of political and racial turbulence of the 1960s and 70s

31 July 2018

  • The arrest of Delbert Africa of MOVE on Aug. 8, 1978. After arresting him so brutally, Philadelphia police dragged him on the sidewalk by his hair.

    A siege. A bomb. 48 dogs. And the black commune that would not surrender

  • RADICALS<br>CLIFTON HEIGHTS, PA - June 29, 2018: Debbie Africa, one of the radicals who was released a week ago after 40 years, and her son, Mike Africa, who she gave birth to in her prison cell a month into her incarceration, in Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania on June 29, 2018. CREDIT: Mark Makela for The Guardian

    Born in a cell: the extraordinary tale of the black liberation orphan

30 July 2018

  • Black Panthers protest in 1969.

    America's black radicals – a timeline in pictures

  • ABUJAMAL<br>Former Black Panther and convicted cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal, seen in this undated file photo, will be spared the death penalty, the Philadelphia district attorney announced on Wednesday, December 7, 2011, bringing a quiet end to a racially charged case that spanned 30 years. (April Saul/Philadelphia Inquirer/MCT)

    ‘Intoxicating freedom, gripping fear’: Mumia Abu-Jamal on life as a Black Panther

  • Members of Move show defiance to the police as they stand in front of their barricaded house in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

    The 19 black radicals who are still in prison after four decades

  • Jalil Muntaqim. For Ed Pilkington story on jailed Black Radicals

    The Black Panthers still in prison: after 46 years, will they ever be set free?

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