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Jamal Joseph (formerly Eddie Joseph〔(Sneak Peek: ''Panther Baby'' by Jamal Joseph ), Algonquin Books blog, . Retrieved .〕) is a U.S. writer, director, producer, poet, activist, and educator. Joseph was a member of the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army. He was prosecuted as one of the Panther 21.〔 He spent six years incarcerated at Leavenworth.〔Joseph, Jamal. Panther Baby. New York: Algonquin Books, 2012.〕 Joseph served time for his role in the murder of Sam Napier in April 1971.〔Robert D. McFadden, “4 Panthers Admit Guilt in Slaying,” New York Times, May 22, 1973〕 Napier was circulation manager of 'The Black Panther', and was murdered as part of a series of retaliatory assassinations caused by a factional dispute within the Panthers. Joseph was also involved in robberies committed by the BLA.〔Days of Rage: America's Radical Underground, the FBI, and the Forgotten Age, Bryan Burrough〕 Joseph was sentenced to 12½ years in prison for the Brink's robbery (1981), that killed two police officers and an armored car driver. One of the victims was Waverly Brown, the first African-American to serve on the Nyack, New York, police force.〔http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/25/whitewashing-the-black-panthers.html〕 Joseph earned two college degrees and wrote five plays and two volumes of poetry. He is a full professor and former chair of Columbia University’s Graduate Film Division and the artistic director of the New Heritage Theatre Group in Harlem. He has been featured on HBO's ''Def Poetry Jam'', BET's ''American Gangster'' and on Tupac Shakur's "The Rose That Grew From Concrete" Volumes 1 & 2. He is the author of the interactive biography on Tupac Shakur, ''Tupac Shakur Legacy''.〔Anne Burt, (FACULTY Q&A: Jamal Joseph on His New Biography of Tupac Shakur ), ''Columbia News'', , modified . Retrieved .〕 Joseph was nominated for a 2008 Academy Award in the Best Song category for his contributions to the song "Raise It Up", performed by IMPACT Repertory Theatre and Jamia Nash in the 2007 film ''August Rush''.〔Daily News Staff, (Harlem's IMPACT Repertory Theatre members will sing 'Raise It Up' from film 'August Rush' at Academy Awards ceremony ), ''New York Daily News'', . Retrieved .〕〔"Additional reporting by Jessica Letkemann and Keith Caulfield," (), ''Billboard'', undated (). Retrieved .〕 His memoir ''Panther Baby'' was published in February 2012 by Algonquin Books.〔 * ''Panther Baby: A Life of Rebellion and Reinvention.'' Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2012. ISBN 978-1-61620-126-5 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jamal Joseph」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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