H. Rap Brown

Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (born Hubert Gerold Brown; October 4, 1943 – November 23, 2025), was an American Muslim cleric who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s. He was the Black Panther Party's minister of justice. He was also known for his autobiography, Die Nigger Die! He served a life sentence for murder after the shooting of two Fulton County, Georgia, sheriff's deputies in 2000. 

In July 2014, Brown was diagnosed with multiple myeloma and was transferred to Butner Federal Medical Center in North Carolina."Imam Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) transferred to Butner Federal Medical Center, N.C.", San Francisco Bay View newspaper, 18 July 2014. In March of 2025, he was transferred again to FMC Butner for medical help. He died at FMC Butner on November 23, 2025, at the age of 82.

References

Other websites

 SNCC Digital Gateway: H. Rap Brown, a documentary website about the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee created by the SNCC Legacy Project and Duke University 
 Video with Stokely Carmichael, Oakland 1968
 Online audiorecordings and video of H. Rap Brown via UC Berkeley Black Panther site 
 Bio and Sound Clip, History Channel
 Biography of Ricky Kinchen  from the Southern Poverty Law Center report 15 Law Enforcement Officers Murdered by Domestic Extremists since the Oklahoma City Bombing

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