Jihad Abdulmumit
Biography
Jihad was a former Black Panther who joined the party at sixteen and went underground in the Black Liberation Army. He served 23 years in U.S. federal prison for his involvement in the Black Liberation Movement and was released in September 2000. He now chairs the National Jericho Movement, which advocates for the recognition and release of U.S. political prisoners.
The former-prisoner feature marks his twentieth freedom anniversary on September 24, 2019, corroborating the existing September 24, 1999 release. It describes twenty-three years in federal prison, mostly Lewisburg and Leavenworth, after Black Panther and Black Liberation Army activity. The rounded years do not establish a precise entry date or day total.
In the edited transcript of his June 2025 oral history, Abdulmumit identifies David Bryant as his birth name, Randy Johnson and Reggie McMoss as underground names, and Jihad Daud Abdulmumit as his legally adopted name after becoming Muslim in prison.
