PHILADELPHIA—Some 500 people marched here April 19 for the immediate release of Black rights fighter Mumia Abu-Jamal, who was framed up in 1981 on charges of killing a cop. On March 27 a U.S. federal court upheld Abu-Jamal’s conviction, but said that a lower court may review his death sentence. About 20 skinheads from Pennsylvania and Maryland organized a counterdemonstration.

—JOHN STAGGS