Akinyele umoja biography
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Akinyele umoja biography
Akinyele Umoja
American educator and author
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.[1] 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).[2]
Early life and education
Akinyele Omowale Umoja was born in Los Angeles, California, in 1954, and spent much of his childhood in Compton, California.[3] He graduated from high school in 1972.[4] Umoja received his BA in Afro-American studies from California State University, Los Angeles, in June 1986.[1] He earned his M.A.
in August 1990 at the Institute of Liberal Arts at Emory Univers