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Melina Abdullah
Melina Abdullah ran for vice president on a ticket with presidential candidate Cornel West (I) in the 2024 presidential election. West selected Abdullah as his running mate on April 10, 2024. To read more about the 2024 presidential election, click here.
Abdullah is an academic and author. She is a professor of Pan-African studies at California State University, Los Angeles.[1] From 2014 to 2018, Abdullah served on the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.[2]
Biography
Abdullah grew up in Oakland, California. She received a bachelor's degree in African American studies from Howard University, and a master's degree and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Southern California.[1]
Abdullah is a professor and former chair of the Pan-African studies department at California State University, Los Angeles. From 2014 to 2018, Abdullah served as a member of the Los Angeles County Human Relations Commission.
Abdullah co-founded the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter.[3] She is also a co-host for a weekly radio program called Beautiful Struggle, and has served on the boards of the Black Community, Clergy and Labor Alliance (BCCLA), California Faculty Association-Los Angeles, Los Angeles African American Women’s Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA-CAN), National Association for Ethnic Studies, Reverence-Wellness Salon, and Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE).[1]
Elections
2024
Cornel West (I) selected Abdullah as his running mate on April 10, 2024. West began his campaign for the 2024 presidential election on June 5, 2023. Click the links below to read more about the 2024 presidential election:
- Presidential election, 2024
- Presidential candidates, 2024
- Democratic presidential nomination, 2024
- Republican presidential nomination, 2024
See also
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