- Joined Black Panther Party at age fifteen
- Served eleven months in the infamous NY Rikers Island Jail
- FBI fugitive
- Member of Panther 21, one of the most emblematic criminal cases of the sixties
- At sixteen, one of the youngest spokesman and leaders of the Panther's New York Chapter.
- Member of the Revolutionary Black Underground
- Sentenced to twelve years in Leavenworth
- Earned two college degrees while in Leavenworth and founded a prison theater
- Released from Leavenworth
- Becomes full professor and Chair of Columbia University's School of the Arts Film Program
- Nominated for 2008 Academy Award in Best Song category
- Publishes memoir Panther Baby
My conversation with Jamal Joseph:
