Ajamu baraka biography
Ajamu baraka biography
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Ajamu Baraka
American human rights activist
Ajamu Sibeko Baraka (ə-ZHAH-moo bə-RAH-kə; born October 25, 1953)[2] is an American political activist.[1] In 2016, he was the Green Party nominee for Vice President of the United States on the ballot in 45[a] states and received 1,457,216 votes (1.07% of the popular vote).
Baraka currently serves as the national organizer and spokesperson for the Black Alliance for Peace.[3]
Early life
Baraka was born in 1953 and grew up on the South Side of Chicago.[4] He served in the U.S.
Army during the Vietnam War. Upon discharge, he moved to the southern United States, where he became involved in anti-segregation activism.[5]
Baraka received his BA in international studies and political science from the University of South Florida, Tampa in 1982 and his MA and PhD in political science from Clark Atlanta University in 1987.[6] Baraka has said the work of W.E.B.
Du Bo