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Muhammad Kenyatta | |
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| Born | Donald Brooks Jackson March 3, 1944 Chester, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 3, 1992 (aged 47) Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
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| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Mary Kenyatta |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Malcolm Kenyatta (grandson) |
Muhammad I. Kenyatta, (born Donald Brooks Jackson; March 3, 1944 – January 3, 1992), was an American professor, civil rights leader, and international human rights advocate. Jackson changed his name in the early 1970s to Muhammad Kenyatta.[1]
In the 1960s, he worked for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which challenged the denial of voting rights to African Americans in Mississippi. In 1969 he was elected national vice-president of the Black Economic Development Conference and President of the Greater Philadelphia branch of the organization which was focused on ending poverty in communities of color which they outlined in a revolutionary document referred to as the 'Black Manifesto'.[2] In 1975, Kenyatta had an unsuccessful run for Democratic nomination for mayor of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania against Frank Rizzo.[3]
Kenyatta was a fellow in the Harvard Divinity School and Harvard Law School and led a boycott against minority hiring practices at Harvard. He was also active in international human rights education and advocacy through the United Nations and TransAfrica organizations.
- ^ Muhammad Kenyatta, 47, Dies; Professor and Civil Rights Leader New York Times, January 6, 1992.
- ^ Contosta, David R. (2012). This Far by Faith: Tradition and Change in the Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 978-0-271-05244-1. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ In the Minority: Muhammad Kenyatta Fights for Civil Rights The Harvard Crimson, November 1, 1982.