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Free Mumia Movement collection (Ms.2023.004)

Brown University Library

Box A
Brown University
Providence, RI 02912
Telephone: Manuscripts: 401-863-3723; University Archives: 401-863-2148
Email: Manuscripts: hay@brown.edu; University Archives: archives@brown.edu

Inventory

Series 1. Ephemera

Container Description Date
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "Contrary to popular belief…" poster by D. Thorne
1996
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! "Stop the Execution! Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!" poster
1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "One Job Farmed Out to Prisoners is Packing Golf Balls" by Dale Wittig
Contents Note: Part of the Maximum Security Democracy Series
undated
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "I have been locked by the lawless" by Josh MacPhee
Contents Note: Part of the Maximum Security Democracy Series
undated
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "Superpredators need bodies to fill beds" by D. Thorne
Contents Note: Part of the Maximum Security Democracy Series
undated
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "Stoppt Die Hinrichtung! Students Voices for Mumia" German poster
English, German.
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "Stoppt Die Hinrichtung von Mumia Abu-Jamal!..Bundesweite Demonstration" German poster
2000 May 2
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "Too Soon For Sorry" created by D. Thorne and published by Resilient Strains
Contents Note: Part of the Maximum Security Democracy Series
undated
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "Capital Art" exhibition program
Dimensions: 5.5 x 16
2001 February
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "The Life of Mumia Abu-Jamal" comic by Seth Tobocman
Contents Note: Removed from mounting; two pages
Dimensions: 24 x 19 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 National poster for Mumia 911 illustrated by Malaquías Montoya, produced by Mumia 911
Dimensions: 16 x 12 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 "A Night for Mumia" concert poster
Contents Note: Concert at Wetlands, New York City
Dimensions: 17 x 11 inches
1995 December
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 Photocopy of New York Times full-page advertisement, "Mumia Abu-Jamal Must Have a New Trial"
Dimensions: 17 x 11 inches
1995 August 9
Box 1XXX, Folder 1 Mumia 911 Schedule of events across the U.S. brochure and mailer
Dimensions: 24 x 9 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "Words for Mumia" poster for poetry reading at the Nuyorican Cafe, New York City, produced by Refuse & Resist!
Dimensions: 17 x 11 inches
1995 July 16
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "In Support of National Day of Art for Mumia Abu-Jamal" poster created by Frank Sosa, illustrated by MEAR
Contents Note: Frank Sosa was the producer of the CD, "Voice of the Voiceless"
Dimensions: 19 x 13 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "Capital Art: On the Culture of Punishment" exhibition poster
Contents Note: At Track 18 Gallery, Los Angeles
Dimensions: 22.5 x 17 inches
2001 February
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "What Is the Crime? Free Mumia Abu-Jamal" poster created by baseline for Refuse& Resist!
Contents Note: Created in New York City
Dimensions: 23 x 17 inches
1995 January 28-29
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "Stop The Legal Lynching of Mumia Abu-Jamal" poster
Dimensions: 23 x 17 inches
1995 January 28-29
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "They Kill Writers" poster by Lucio Pozzi for Refuse & Resist!
Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "Liberte Pour Mumia Abu Jamal" poster
Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
1998
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "Mumia/Me" poster by Danny Tisdale
Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
1998
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 Untitled poster by Elizam Escobar
Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
1998
Box 1XXX, Folder 2 "Win or Die AM8335" poster by Tonn Prins Murawa
Dimensions: 24 x 18 inches
1998
Box 1XXX, Folder 3 Free Mumia stencil
Dimensions: 14 x 15.5 inches
Box 1XXX, Folder 3 Mumia 911 stencilled poster
Contents Note: Spray-painted.
Dimensions: 11 x 14 inches
circa 1999
Box 1XXX, Folder 3 "Governor signs death warrant/Live from Death Row for Mumia Abu-Jamal" screenprinted poster by Bob Baldock
Contents Note: Announces an event in North Berkeley, California at which supporters including Adrienne Rich, Piri Thomas, Judi Bari, Diane Di Prima, Larry Bnesky and others read from Mumia Abu-Jamal's works. Poster includes quotation by Alice Walker. The event was sponsored by Equal Justice USA/Quixote Center and KPFA Radio.
Dimensions: 22 x 17.5 inches
1995
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Art Speaks" Concert Against Police Brutality and for Mumia postcard
Contents Note: Concert located in Los Angeles
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
2001
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Artists for Mumia" postcard
Contents Note: Postcard is an advertisement for "Artists for Mumia", 14 exhibitions at galleries in New York City for Mumia 911.
Dimensions: 5 x 7 inches
1999 September
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Statement on Mumia by the Executive Committee of Refuse & Resist!
Contents Note: Regarding Mumia's right to dismiss his legal team
2001 March 8
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Village Voice Feature announcing Mumia 911
Contents Note: Includes photocopy of main page and small clipping attached with tape
Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Art Speaks" Concert Against Police Brutality and for Mumia poster
Contents Note: Concert located in Los Angeles
Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 inches
2001
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Artists Network of Refuse & Resist! letter from Connie Julian
Contents Note: Summarizing the past year's work including concert for Mumia
2001 December 1
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Pete Seeger note to Mumia 911
Contents Note: Includes envelope. Signed by Peter Seeger
1999 August 1
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Letter from Connie Julian, National Coordinator of Mumia 911 on letterhead listing Mumia 911 Advisory Board
2000 May 12
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Speak Truth To Power" brochure
Contents Note: Brochure for 5 poster set. Project of Artists Network of Refuse & Resist!
Dimensions: 8.5 x 7 inches
1998
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Signers of Mumia 911 Statement" flier
Dimensions: 8.4 x 11 inches
1999
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! Resist 96 Conference "How Can We Defeat the Politics of Cruelty and Win the War Against the Right?" by Robert Rockwell
Contents Note: Conference took place from April 26-28, 1996 at the City College of New York.
1996
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Photocopy of Refuse & Resist! interview with Robert Rockwell by Revolutionary Worker
1996 March 31
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! "Kissinger and Kunstler on Mumia Abu-Jamal", pamphlet containing talk by Clark Kissinger and talk by William Kunstler given at Verso Bookstore
1995 July 27
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "National Public Radio: Turning the Airwaves off on Mumia" pamplet published by Revolutionary Worker
Contents Note: Reprint from Revolutionary Worker
1994 June 19
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Tune in to: From Death Row: This is Mumia Abu-Jamal" sticker advertising radio show on National Public Radio and Pacifica National News
1994
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! "Common Sense Security" article by Sheila O'Donnell
4 pages

1992 August 20
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Letter to Refuse & Resist! from Clark Kissinger about the Los Angeles Rebellion Support Project
4 pages

Dimensions: 8.5x11"
1992
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! color membership card
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! CounterAttack issues
Contents Note: Issues prior to 2000 printed on newsprint
1989, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! "The Father of the 'Right to Life'" brochure
Contents Note: Discusses abortion rights.
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! founding statement (1987) backed with "R&R Has Made Quite a Difference" (1992) flier
circa 1992
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 Refuse & Resist! bylaws
1989 July 30
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 1 "Living in Pre-War America: Questions of Complicity vs Responsibility" conference program
Contents Note: Sponsored by No Business as Usual and NYU World War 3 Theatre Group. The event featured Kurt Vonnegut, William Kunstler, Emile De Antonio, Sonia Sanchez, and Vietnam veterans. Includes event schedule and brief speaker biographies.
1986 October 4
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Mumia, Hep C, and the Nation's Health Crisis" color postcard
2016 April 22
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Fact Sheet – Mumia Abu-Jamal Health" flier
2016 January
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Everyone Deserves the HEP C Cure: Including 50,000 Philly Residents Mumia Abu-Jamal & All Prisoners!"
2016 April 24
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "March to Demand Treatment with the Known Hepatitis C Cure," flier
2016 April 22
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Mumia Abu-Jamal Needs Medical Care Now!" flier from Libérons Mumia!
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Wall Street Journal print out with highlight, "New York Insurers to Change Coverage of Hepatitis C Drugs"
3.0 pages

Dimensions: 8.5x11"
2016 April 26
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! "To Big Brother & the warmongers..." printed information card
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Program for "Unconventional Heroes: An Evening of Performance to Honor Courageous Resisters", presented by Artists Network of Refuse & Resist!
Contents Note: Describes performances by Vijay Iyer, Odetta, Steve Earl, Peter Gerety
2004 August 26
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Assata Shakur Message to the New Afrikan Nation...Join the struggle to Free Mumia Abu-Jama" poster
Dimensions: 8.5 x 14 inches
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Free Mumia master for stickers
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! "Justice for Mumia! Stop the Execution! Demand a New Trial! Be with Mumia on his first day in federal court!" stickers
4 copies

Contents Note: Adhesive has been removed.
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! "Justice for Mumia! Stop the Execution! Demand a New Trial! Be with Mumia on his first day in federal court!" stickers
3 copies

Contents Note: Adhesive removed.
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist!, "Crash the party at the Executioner's Ball!...Hosted by George Bush and Tom Ridge, Serial Killers," stickers
2 copies

Contents Note: Stickers with backing
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 SFPD pig nose sticker
Contents Note: On backing.
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Time Is Running Out for Mumia, Int'l Day of Solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal," card for rally on 2000 December 9
2000
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! "What Musicians Can Do to Support Mumia" flyer
2000
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! color brochure
Contents Note: Includes brief description of Refuse & Resist's Mumia Working Group
2000
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 International Student/Youth Day for Mumia flier
Physical Description Note: On newsprint paper, discolored.
1999 September 21
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Mumia 911 Newsletter #1
12.0 pages

Contents Note: Includes initial schedule of international Mumia 911 events, transcript of a speach made by Alice Walker, an open letter from Mumia 911 and artists, and a list of signators.
1999 August 18
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Youth Network September 1999 events calendar flier
1999 September
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Youth Network mission statement
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Youth Network video and donation order form
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Philly Freedom Summer movement recounting and call for 4th Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality with endorsement and contribution form
1999
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Philly Freedom Summer announcement flier
Contents Note: This flyer includes a description of Mumia Abu-Jamal's history and also mentions the 1985 MOVE bombing.
1999
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! draft letter to membership regarding the Courageous Resister Award, Philly Freedom Summer and Mumia Abu-Jamal
1999 August
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! finalized letter to membership regarding Courageous Resister Award, Philly Freedom Summer and Mumia Abu-Jamal
1999 August
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Courageous Resisters Awards report
Contents Note: Awardees: Abner Louima; Iris Baez; Art Spiegelman; David Remnick; Emily Lyons; Dr. Wayne Goldner; Rev. Gregory Dell; Jose Palacios; students, faculty and President Jane L. Jervis of Evergreen (WA) State College; Oakland, CA teachers and students; Northwestern University Professor David Protess and his journalism students; Minnehaha Free State; Interreligious Foundation for Community Organization (IFCO); Ohio State Town Hall meeting disrupters; and poet Adrienne Rich.
1999 June 20
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Robert Rockwell opening remarks to Refuse & Resist! National Council Meeting pamphlet
8.0 pages

Dimensions: 7x8.5"
1999 June 19
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "A Town Hall Meeting for Mumia" flier
Contents Note: New York City event featuring Ossie Davis, E L. Doctorow, Pete Seeger, Leonard Weinglass. Held by the People's Campaign project of the Peoples Rights Fund in preparation for the Millions for Mumia March.
1999 February
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 "Freedom of the Press in Black & White- The Story of Mumia Abu-Jamal" graphic novel pamphlet by Seth Tobocman
Contents Note: Inking by Seth Tobocman, John Kim, and Barbara Lee. Reprinted by Agit Press from comic strip originally in World War 3 Illustrated #18.
1999 February
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Resource Book on the Case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, Expanded edition (2 copies)
40.0 pages
2 copies

Dimensions: 8.5x11"
1998 December
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! "Justice Denied: Analysis of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Decision on Mumia Abu-Jamal" pamphlet by C. Clark Kissinger
6 pages

1998 November 5
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Academics for Mumia Abu-Jamal fundraising sheet for Abu-Jamal's college fund
1998
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! membership promotional flier with city chapters meeting schedule
1996
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! "Who Is Mumia Abu-Jamal?" brochure
1996
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Mumia Abu-Jamal fact sheet set
Contents Note: Fact sheets number 1-18.
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Resist 96 schedule
Contents Note: The event took place from April 26-28, 1996 at the City College of New York and featured Ramona Africa, Clark Kissinger, Ron Kuby, Merle Hoffman, Reg E. Gaines, Eric Drooker, and Carl Pope.
1996
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Folder 2 Refuse & Resist! Resist 96 conference name tag
Contents Note: The event took place from April 26-28, 1996 at the City College of New York. Includes elastic necklace.
1996
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Stop Stop & Frisk" button
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Stop Police Brutality! October 22 Wear Black" button
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Alto a la Brutalidad Policial!" button
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Danger – Police in Area" button by Dread Scott
undated
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 Refuse & Resist! embroidered patch with Keith Haring Resist! logo
2000
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Free Mumia" red button
Dimensions: 1 inch
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Free Mumia" orange button with Mumia photograph by Refuse & Resist!
Dimensions: 2.25 inches
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Free Mumia Abu-Jamal and all political prisoners" yellow button with Mumia Abu-Jamal illustration
Dimensions: 1.75 inches
Box 1XXX, Box 1A, Envelope 1 "Mumia 911" button
Dimensions: 1.5 inches
ca. 1999
5N map case 3 drawer 10 "Ramona Africa – Spricht Uber Mumia Abu-Jamal" [German poster]
1999 December 9
5N map case 3 drawer 10 "Alsteruberquerung" [German poster]
1999 July 17
5N map case 3 drawer 10 "Stoppt Die Heinrichtung! Mumia Abu-Jamal in Gefahr am 13.Oktober…" "Tag X" [German poster]
2000 May 2
5N map case 3 drawer 10 "Benefizkonzert Fur Mumia Abu-Jamal" Move For Mumia [German poster]
1999 September 30
5N map case 3 drawer 10 "We Arrest Our Fear" poster by Robbie Conal
Dimensions: 30 x 23 inches
5N map case 3 drawer 10 "Stop the Execution Free Mumia Abu-Jamal" poster
Dimensions: 34 x 23 inches
Physical Description Note: Printed on newsprint.
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "Free Our Mamas" poster collection flier
English.

Names:
People's Paper Company

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "Freedom Futures" poster by Afroplump
English.

Names:
Afroplump

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "With my freedom..." poster by Elizabeth Blancas
English.

Names:
Blancas, Elizabeth

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "Our Mothers Don't Deserve To Be Locked Away" poster by Caitlin Blunnie
English.

Names:
Blunnie, Caitlin

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "My Community Needs Me" poster by Devon Cohen
English.

Names:
Cohen, Devon

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "If you took the biases and blinders..." poster by Noa Denmon
English.

Names:
Denmon, Noa

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "Nurture and Care For The World" poster by Juana Estrada
English.

Names:
Estrada, Juana

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "I am Free and I Can Be Free For Someone Else" poster by Singha Hon
English.

Names:
Hon, Singha

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "Change the System" poster by Shyama Kuver
English.

Names:
Kuver, Shyama

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "Freedom is a Revolution" poster by Camila Rosa
English.

Names:
Rosa, Camila

2023
Box 1XXX, Folder 4 "I Am A Woman, A Mother, A Daughter, A Sister" poster by Meredith Stern
English.

Names:
Stern, Meredith

2023