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
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
surface form: Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
associatedWith Black Panther Party
surface form: Black Panther Party (as an ally and contemporary, not a formal leader)
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 Black Americans
surface form: African American
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
American civil rights movement
surface form: 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
surface form: 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 Southern United States
surface form: American South

Washington, D.C.
religion Islam
religiousCommunity West End community mosque in Atlanta
religiousTitle Imam
residence Atlanta
surface form: Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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 Abdullah Al-Amin
this entity surface form: Jamil Al-Amin
H. Rap Brown convertedName Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin alsoKnownAs Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
this entity surface form: Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Hubert Gerold Brown alsoKnownAs Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin