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  "description": "From the notes from the black underground collection: From launching Arm the Spirit, the first revolutionary prison newspaper, to co-founding the Jericho Movement, Black Panther Party & Black Liberation Army veteran, Jalil Muntaqim details stories of resisting empire and organizing for a new world.",
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  "textContent": "****Jihad Abdulmumit's**** oral history was conducted as part of an ongoing project of Community Movement Builders. The purpose of this oral history collection is to ****document and preserve the life histories of veteran members of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army.****\n\nSharing stories about their lives and experiences in political organizing, narrators contribute to a collective memory, highlighting the similarities and differences in the landscape today and how they have remained committed to movement work over decades.\n\nJihad Abdulmumit, a Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army veteran, was born in 1954 in Somers Point, New Jersey. Jihad was raised in Plainfield and joined the Black Panther Party at 16. He recounts his experiences as a political prisoner and community organizer in Rochester, New York, from 1976 to 2000.\n\nJihad details his involvement with the Monroe County Community Organizers and the Rochester Federation of Youth, which included youth programs and a community newspaper. He was involved in a number of the Black Panther Party survival programs, including free breakfasts and health clinics. Abdulmumit discusses his conversion to Islam in prison and his subsequent leadership roles in Jericho, an organization supporting political prisoners. He reflects on the challenges of balancing above-ground and underground activities, the impact of technology on modern activism, and the need for strategic collaboration among revolutionary organizations. Jihad also discusses his transition from political activism to cultural work, emphasizing the importance of reaching the masses through plays and films. Abdulmumit plans to focus on progressive art to ignite revolutionary ideas.\n\nLearn more about The Jericho Movement\n\n* * *",
  "title": "ORAL HISTORY: Jihad Abdulmumit, \"It changed everything about me, becoming a Black Panther\"",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-02T12:12:50.704Z"
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