The Call for
MUMIA 911

September 11, 1999
National Day of Art to Stop the Execution
of Mumia Abu-Jamal

"Because we value the lives of the 1.75 million Black, Latino and other poor people locked down in the prisons of America...

"Because we value justice and a society that promotes the full flowering of all its people...

"Because we stand against the politics that try to suffocate and crush the human spirit...

"Because of all this, we come together as artists to stop the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal.

"They have crossed the line. This is not justice. We do not consent to the murder of this man. We will not accept the grossly unjust trial that sentenced Mumia to death because of his political beliefs as a former Black Panther. We will not stand by as they try to silence a journalist known to many as the "Voice of the Voiceless."

"Mumia 911-- Emergency! On September 11, 1999, we will stomp the earth, lift our voices, write, sing, act and paint the walls. We will create a culture of resistance to stop the killing of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Mumia is you. Mumia is me. Mumia is all of us. Join us now!"

Partial list of signatories
to the Call for Mumia 911

ABC No Rio, club and gallery
Sundiata Acoli, political prisoner, visual artist
All Natural, hip hop artists
Steve Allen, comedian, musician, author
Jackson Allers & Carlos Nino, Working Class Productions
Sam Anderson, arts organizer
Fred Anderson, jeweler
Debbie Anderson, photographer
Benny Andrews, visual artist
Ida Applebroog, visual artist
Asia One, B-Boy Summit organizer
Edward Asner, actor
Atzlan Underground, band
David Axelrod, producer, musician
B+, photographer
Ayuko Babu, Pan African Film Festival
Bad Mojo, band
Pato Banton, reggae musician
Beth B, visual artist
Nikia Billingslea, poet, dancer
Camille Billops, visual artist, filmmaker
Terry Bisson, writer
Black Eyed Peas, hip hop artists
Blackalicious, hip hop artists
Boots, The Coup, hip hop artist
Dean Bowman, musician
Judy Branfman, visual artist
Fred Brathwaite, musician, filmmaker
Jackson Browne, musician
Oscar Brown, Jr., entertainer, composer, writer
Vinie Burrows, actor
Don Byron, jazz musician
Cafe/Club Fais Do-Do
Uri Caine, jazz musician
Barbara Carrasco, muralist
Chuck D, hip hop artist
Chumbawamba, band
Jill Ciment, writer
Beth Cleary, theater director
Steve Colman, poet, National Slam Champion 98
Common Sense, hip hop artist
Peter Coyote, actor
Joel Crameshil, writer, dramaturg, artist
Cut Chemist, DJ
Kamau Daa'ood, poet
Michael Datcher, poet
N'Dea Davenport, musician
Donald Dean, jazz musician
De La Soul, hip hop artists
Deep Dish TV
Lesley Dill, visual artist
Divine Styler, hip hop artist
Pete Dolack, poet
Dread Scott, visual artist
Eric Drooker, visual artist
Ray Drummond, jazz musician
Eve Ensler, playwright
EPMD, hip hop artists
Everlast, hip hop artist
Nina Felshin, curator
Fifth Street Dicks, jazz coffee house
Nasio Fontaine, reggae musician
Michael Franti, musician
Freestyle Fellowship, hip hop artists
Sherry Frumkin, gallerist
Reg e. Gaines, poet/playwright
Maria Elena Gaitan, performance artist
Mars Gamba-Adisa, spoken word and jazz artist
Harry Gamboa, Jr., writer
Lila Garrett, screenwriter, producer
Henry Gibson, actor
Dr. Derrick Gilbert, aka D Knowledge, poet
Tracy Gilman, visual artist/educator
Gloria, poet/performer
Leon Golub, visual artist
Grupo de Artistas Salvadorneos
Ruben Guevara, playwright
Onaje Allan Gumbs, pianist, composer
Suheir Hammad, poet
Jim Hatch, writer
Rob Haworth, musician (Ludlow)
Isaac Hayes, musician
Craig Haynes, musician
Sander Hicks, Soft Skull Press
Oliver Hirsch, El Museo del Barrio
Fred Ho, composer, musician
Danny Hoch, actor
Hothouse Flowers, band
I Was Born With Two Tongues, poets
Carol Jacobson, visual artist
Brian Jackson, musician
Samuel L. Jackson, actor
Jon Jang, composer and pianist
Aresh Javadi, puppeteer
Sarah Jones, poet
Jerry Kearns, visual artist
Shishir Kurup, actor, playwright, director, composer
Knitting Factory, nightclub
Talib Kweli, hip hop artist
Mike Ladd, poet
Zelma Lara-Salas, poet
The Last Emperor, hip hop artist
Last Poets
Rocky LaMontagne, promoter
David Lester, film producer
Elliott Leib, project coordinator, reggae Free Mumia CD
Lucy Lippard, writer
Goldii Locks, Mumia's daughter/hip hop artist
Pat Lomax, writer
John Long, video, sculptor, installation artist
Alma Lopez, visual and public artist
Lord Jamar Allah, Brand Nubian, hip hop artist
Al Loving, visual artist
Luba Lukova, visual artist
Mario, poet
Mariposa, poet
Daniel Martinez, visual artist
Ruben Martinez, writer
Hugh Masekela, musician
Keith Antar Mason, playwright, poet
Stash Maleski, In Creative Unity
Bradley McCallum, visual artist/director
Michael D. McCarty, storyteller
Mear, visual artist
Tony Medina, poet
Medusa, hip hop artist
Arnold Mesches, visual artist
Lou Myers, actor
Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky, That Subliminal Kid
Kate Millett, writer, visual artist
Leon Mobley, musician
Ravish Momin, jazz musician
Margaret Morton, photographer
Malaquias Montoya, visual artist
Richard Montoya, Culture Clash
Jessica Care Moore, poet
Mos Def, hip hop artist
Nadine Mozon, poet
Mt. Tai, band
MuMs, poet
Mutabaruka, reggae artist
Roy Nathanson, jazz musician
Ngoma, poet
Noni Olabisi, muralist
Alix Olson, poet
One Ten Design Studio
John O'Neal, theater artist
Ruben Ortiz, visual artist
John Outterbridge, visual artist
Ozomatli, band
Don Paul, writer
Wendy Perron, choreographer
John Pietaro, music therapist/composer
Mor Pipman, visual artist
Leslie Powell, visual artist
Ras Shiloh, reggae musician
Jerry Quickley, poet/playwright
Quino, vocalist for Big Mountain
Ibrahim Quraishi, theater writer/director
Rage Against the Machine, band
Mark Ramos-Nishita, $Mark, musician
Rha Goddess, performing artist
Real Big Fish, band
Marc Ribot, musician
Ricanstruction, band
Adrienne Rich, poet
Juli Rico, Rico Gallery
Tim Rollins, visual artist
Mark Russell, Executive/Artistic Director, PS122
Sandra St. Victor, musician
Steven Sapp, playwright/performer, Universes
Susan Sarandon, actor
Seeds of Wisdom, hip hop artists
Self Help Graphics, gallery
Anna Shapiro, resident director Steppenwolf Theater
JoAnn Shapiro, theater director
Chris Sealey, loopholemagazine.com
S. Pearl Sharp, filmmaker, poet
John Shea, actor
Shock G, Digital Underground, hip hop artist
Greg Sholette, visual artist, Repo History
Laurie Simmons, visual artist
Sharrif Simmons, poet
Michael Slate, writer, Revolutionary Worker
Slorider, band
Chuck Smith, theater director
La Nola Smith, poet
SOB's, nightclub
Frank Sosa, producer, "Unbound",
hip hop/spoken word CD for Mumia
Sparrow, poet
Bob Stein, publisher of Voyager CD-ROM on Mumia
May Stevens, visual artist
Stress Magazine
Summersault.com
2 Skinnie J's, band
Karen Taylor, singer
Johnny Temple, Girls Against Boys, musician
David Thorne, visual artist
Danny Tisdale, visual artist
SlimKid Tre, The Pharcyde
Dwight Trible and the Oasis of Peace, jazz musicians
Garth Trinidad, Chocolate City
Ty, MC Ambassador, hip hop artist
Upski, author, graffiti artist
The Urge, band
Bill Viola, visual artist
Voodoo Glow Skulls, band
Chuck Wachtel, writer
Peter Waite, visual artist
Dave Wakeling, musician
Victor Walker, playwright
Naomi Wallace, playwright
Janine Watkins, Watts Labor Community Action Committee
Carrie Mae Weems, visual artist
Wetlands Preserve, nightclub
John A. Williams, writer
Pat W. Williams, photographer
Fred Wilson, visual artist
Wise Intelligent, Poor Righteous Teachers
Manyi Wong, Loud/SRC
Bernie Worrell, musician
David Zeiger, documentary filmmaker
Zephyr, visual artist

(Groups listed for identification purposes only)