Alli Muhammad is an
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American ...
doctor, psychologist, political activist and revolutionary who founded
the Revolutionary Black Panther Party, which claims continuity from the Black Panther Party of 1966, the RBPP was officially named in 1992.
Background
Muhammad was born in
Gondar, Ethiopia
Gondar, also spelled Gonder (Amharic: ጎንደር, ''Gonder'' or ''Gondär''; formerly , ''Gʷandar'' or ''Gʷender''), is a city and woreda in Ethiopia. Located in the North Gondar Zone of the Amhara Region, Gondar is north of Lake Tana on th ...
at that time his father who is of Afro-Caribbean, African-American descent was a Medical Doctor working in Ethiopia (and also a member of the US Marines). His mother, also a medical doctor of Ethiopian descent. The couple worked between the USA, Caribbean and Africa. And joined the
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (BPP), originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxist-Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, Califo ...
in 1967, the couple also attended Howard University in Washington, DC together. The couple raised their son, Dr. Muhammad on the principles of the
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party (BPP), originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Marxist-Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, Califo ...
, and assured his direct participation into the BPP’s programs in the community.
Muhammad, was raised on the principles of
Marxist-Leninism,
Socialism
Socialism is a left-wing economic philosophy and movement encompassing a range of economic systems characterized by the dominance of social ownership of the means of production as opposed to private ownership. As a term, it describes the e ...
,
Pan-Africanism and
Black Nationalism. As both of his parents were staunch Marxist, but convicted to Black Nationalism, Pan-Africanism and Socialism.
Education
Muhammad earned his medical degree in Internal Medicine from the
University of Tripoli in
Libya
Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...
, and continued his medical education at the
University of Natal currently
The University of KwaZulu-Natal, earning a medical degree in
neurology
Neurology (from el, wikt:νεῦρον, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix wikt:-logia, -logia, "study of") is the branch of specialty (medicine), medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of co ...
.
Muhammad holds two medical degrees, as well two PhD degrees psychology and master's degree in military science.
Leader of The Revolutionary Black Panther Party
Muhammad is the leader of
the Revolutionary Black Panther Party, which he states the entire objective, mission is to “feed, clothes, shelter, train & defend Black people” and to stand up for “
human rights
Human rights are Morality, moral principles or Social norm, normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyHuman Rights Retrieved 14 August 2014 for ce ...
of Black people.
The Revolutionary Black Panther Party has over 34 chapter in the United States and several other chapters around the world. Muhammad operates several schools, medical facilities and community programs throughout the US and globally. Muhammad also opened a chapter in the
Bahamas
The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...
in January 2022. As stated, "An organization claiming continuity of the Black Panthers party of the 1960s is making its presence felt in the Bahamas by helping families in need. The organization claims itself to be a continuation of the original Black Panther Party of the 1960s with a mission to “feed, clothe, shelter, train and defend the people”, according to Muhammad... Muhammad, who claims he has roots in The Bahamas says they are willing to work with the
ahamiangovernment in any future endeavor...".
Activism
Muhammad as an activist has worked for the human rights of Black people, and through the RBPP he launched the Armed Black Human Rights Movement, Armed Freedom Rides and also has led several Armed Human Rights Marches, and "Human Rights Tribunals" throughout the country, Muhammad with his RBPP
Milwaukee
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Wisconsin Chapter, marched through, the Sherman Park neighborhood in the snow, in face blistering temperatures, in front of the Milwaukee Police precinct, demanding justice for Syville Smith and other "African-American" men, who died in police involved shootings in Wisconsin.
Muhammad, also believed that he and the RBPP were being harassed and targeted by law enforcement, with was described as
COINTELPRO
COINTELPRO ( syllabic abbreviation derived from Counter Intelligence Program; 1956–1971) was a series of covert and illegal projects actively conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) aimed at surveilling, infiltrati ...
, and threatened a $400 million dollar lawsuit against law enforcement as a result of it.
Muhammad and the Revolutionary Black Panther Party also marched armed through the Central West End (affluent community) of St. Louis Missouri, with rifles, shotguns and machetes, which in his words were to honor the life and humanity of Black victims of police brutality, such as Michael Brown Jr., Alton Sterling, Angelo Brown (RBPP General Houdari Juelani) and Ferguson Activist Darren Seals, Muhammad believed that Angelo Brown's death was politically motivated, because his membership with the Revolutionary Black Panther Party, of which Brown was a national leader, Brown a US military veteran who died as a result of gunshot wounds, in an apparent shootout with police, June 23, 2016.
Muhammad and the group have also marched through several other cities throughout the country armed, including Wilmington, North Carolina, where Muhammad stated that, “We have Walter Scott.... There are other people who we understand to be victims of genocide. That’s why we are in the state, but particularly dealing with Wilmington, Brandon Smith is one of those particular ones.” Brandon Smith was fatally shot, October 13, 2013, by New Hanover County Sheriff's Office deputies and a federal Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent, in Wilmington, North Carolina. Muhammad, supports and family claimed that the shooting was wrong.
Muhammad and the group have also march armed, and held a "Human Rights Tribunal" through other key cities, including Valdosta, Georgia, to reopen the Kendrick Johnson case, and for other important issues in the city and state.
References
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1968 births
Living people
People from Gondar
Black Panther Party
American political activists
University of Tripoli alumni
University of Natal alumni
African-American communists