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Safiya Bukhari

1950–2003

United States

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Safiya Bukhari (born Bernice Jones; April 2, 1950 – August 24, 2003) was an American member of the Black Panther Party. She was a co-founder of the Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC) and the Jericho Movement for U.S. Political Prisoners and Prisoners of War, and was the vice president of the Republic of New Afrika.

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