As a young teenager Mumia Abu-Jamal helped to spread the presence of the Black Panther Party in his native city of Philadelphia. Abu-Jamal worked as a radio broadcaster and reporter and presented news topics such as marijuana, communes, and other topics that were often passed on by mainstream news sources. As an activist and a reporter he earned the nickname “The Voice of the Voiceless.” In the 1980s Abu-Jamal was convicted of the murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner. Throughout the years, Abu-Jamal for some, has become the face of the wrongfully convicted. Despite his incarceration, Abu-Jamal through prison radio, his own published essays, books, and other forms of media has continued to be “The Voice of the Voiceless.”