Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin

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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is a prominent former civil rights activist and Black Power leader who later converted to Islam and became a Muslim cleric.

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instanceOf Black Power leader
Muslim cleric
civil rights activist
human
activeIn 1960s
alsoKnownAs H. Rap Brown
Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
associatedWith Black Panther Party (as an ally and contemporary, not a formal leader)
linked to: Black Panther Party
birthName Hubert Gerold Brown
convertedTo Islam
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1943-10-04
education attended Southern University (did not complete)
era 20th-century United States history
21st-century United States history
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
genre political writing
hasGender male
influenced Black Power activists in the United States
influencedBy Malcolm X
knownFor Black Power advocacy
controversial militant rhetoric in the 1960s
leadership in SNCC
languageSpoken English
legalIssue convicted in connection with the 2000 shooting of two Fulton County sheriff’s deputies
legalStatus incarcerated
memberOf Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
movement Black Power movement
Civil rights movement
notableQuote "Violence is as American as cherry pie"
notableSpeech militant speeches during the Black Power era
notableWork Die Nigger Die!
occupation activist
author
religious leader
placeOfBirth Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
politicalActivity organized voter registration and community programs in the U.S. South
politicalIdeology Black nationalism
positionHeld Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
regionOfActivity American South
Washington, D.C.
religion Islam
religiousCommunity West End community mosque in Atlanta
religiousTitle Imam
residence Atlanta, Georgia, United States
linked to: Atlanta
spouse Karima Al-Amin
subjectOf FBI Most Wanted list entry (late 1960s)

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H. Rap Brown alsoKnownAs Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
H. Rap Brown alsoKnownAs Jamil Al-Amin
linked to: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
H. Rap Brown convertedName Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin alsoKnownAs Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
linked to: Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Hubert Gerold Brown alsoKnownAs Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin