Najee Ali publishes his autobiography



imageCivil rights activist Najee Ali is a familiar name to South LA. He is founder and Executive Director of Project Islamic H.O.P.E. (Helping Oppressed People Everywhere) and has been on the frontlines of many movements and issues in South LA. — everything from racism to police brutality to prostitution and more.

Ali hails from Gary, Indiana and made his way to South Central LA where he had numerous brushes with the law. In 2008, he was sentenced to state prison for trying to bribe a witness in a criminal case involving his daughter. But Ali also found his way to community activism and became a well-known crusader and fighter of injustice. His new autobiography called “Raising Hell: A Life of Activism” details 18 episodes of that activism.

Ali, a USC alumnus, talked about his book and his involvement in issues like the LA civil unrest from the Rodney King verdict in an audio interview with Kristen Nakashioya of Annenberg Radio News.

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