Umoja, Akinyele Omowale

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Name (Latin)
Umoja, Akinyele Omowale
Other forms of name
Umoja, Akinyele K
Date of birth
1954-08-10
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 294523754
Wikidata: Q4701092
Library of congress: n 2012077446
Sources of Information
  • We will shoot back, 2013:galley t.p. (Akinyele Omowale Umoja) galley post-chap info (Akinyele Omowale Umoja is an educator and scholar-activist. He is an associate professor and chair of the department of African-American studies at Georgia State University where he teaches courses on the history of the civil rights and Black Power movements and other social movements. He has been a community activist for over 40 years.)
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Wikipedia description:

Akinyele Umoja (born 1954) is an American educator and author who specializes in African-American studies. As an activist, he is a founding member of the New Afrikan People's Organization and the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement. In April 2013, New York University Press published Umoja's book We Will Shoot Back: Armed Resistance in the Mississippi Freedom Movement. Currently, he is a Professor and Department Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Georgia State University (GSU).

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