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Rahman, Wali "Diop Olugbala"
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| Affiliation | Independent |
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2010-01-01 |
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| Name | Wali "Diop Olugbala" Rahman |
| Address | Germantown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | TX DEM |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
Apr 02, 2024 10:17pm |
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Black -
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| Info | Olugbala, 34, was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and followed his family around to various military postings. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, with a bachelor’s degree in African-American Studies and linguistics in 1999. He lives in Germantown.
He has also long been a critic of Nutter.
“Nutter has never fought on behalf of the people in this city, not one time,” he said Friday. “All Nutter has done is fight against the people.”
Olugbala’s political activism has landed him in jail.
Perhaps he is better known as the president of the Philadelphia chapter of the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement, a Black Nationalist movement with chapters across the globe. Olugbala —also known as Wali Rahman — was dragged out of City Hall by police in 2009 after a scuffle at a City Council meeting.
He was arrested, jailed and convicted of aggravated assault, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct.
Because he had no prior convictions, Olugbala was given two years probation.
He launched his campaign for mayor in early August.
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