Can you give us a short, brief history of how we got to where we are or how Mumia got to where he is right now?

Sure.

Mumia Abu-Jamal is certainly one of the most famous, one of the most well-known political prisoners, certainly of the last 50 years.

He's somebody born and raised here in Philadelphia, right, in North Philadelphia to be exact, who even as a teenager, as Dr. Alvarez already mentioned, was already getting ready to be on the move as an organizer, as an activist.

He moved to try to change his high school's name.

which was still now to this day Ben Franklin High School to back then to Malcolm X High School, right? He's somebody who was a huge member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party.

Once again, as a teenager, somebody who was active, somebody who was one of the minister's of communication by way of his writing, by way of his journalism, which actually spawned into his actual career.

Can you explain that?