Howard University (BA) University of Southern California (MA, PhD)
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California State University, Los Angeles
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3
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Günter Reimann (grandfather)
Melina Reimann Abdullah (born 1972) is an American academic and civic leader. She is the former chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and is a co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and Black Lives Matter Grassroots, for which she also serves as co-director.[1]
As an original member of the group that convened to form Black Lives Matter, she serves as a matriarch for the current movement in Los Angeles. In addition to organizing work with BLM Los Angeles, she has hosted three local radio shows, "Move the Crowd" and "Beautiful Struggle" on KPFK and "This Is Not a Drill" on KBLA.[2]
On April 10, 2024, independent 2024 presidential candidate Cornel West announced Abdullah as his running mate.[3]
^"A sordid fight over money between Black Lives Matter factions". World Socialist Web Site. September 15, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
^Flournoy, Angela (August 18, 2021). "Melina Abdullah is showing L.A. how to be accountable to a future we can't yet see". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
^Pellish, Aaron (April 10, 2024). "Cornel West announces fellow academic Melina Abdullah as running mate". CNN. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
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