Ajamu Baraka

Biographical Details
From 2008: "Activist and educator Ajamu Baraka is executive director of the U.S. Human Rights Network, a coalition of more than 250 human rights and social justice organizations. A native of Chicago, he's taught political science at several universities and been a guest lecturer at schools throughout the U.S. In '98, Baraka was honored by the international community as one of the 300 human rights defenders from around the world. He's also on the board of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty."