H. Rap Brown
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H. Rap Brown, later known as Jamil Al-Amin, is a prominent 1960s Black Power activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) known for his fiery oratory and militant stance on racial justice.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| H. Rap Brown canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T370733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. Rap Brown Context triple: [Black Power movement, hasKeyFigure, H. Rap Brown]
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A.
Hosea Williams
Hosea Williams was an American civil rights leader, close associate of Martin Luther King Jr., and prominent organizer of nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
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B.
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael was a prominent civil rights activist and leader in the Black Power movement, known for his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party.
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C.
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a prominent African American Muslim minister and human rights activist known for his militant advocacy for Black empowerment, self-defense, and racial justice in the mid-20th century United States.
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D.
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime NAACP executive director who played a central role in the mid-20th-century struggle for racial equality.
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E.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: H. Rap Brown Target entity description: H. Rap Brown, later known as Jamil Al-Amin, is a prominent 1960s Black Power activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) known for his fiery oratory and militant stance on racial justice.
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A.
Hosea Williams
Hosea Williams was an American civil rights leader, close associate of Martin Luther King Jr., and prominent organizer of nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Movement.
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B.
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael was a prominent civil rights activist and leader in the Black Power movement, known for his work with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party.
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C.
Malcolm X
Malcolm X was a prominent African American Muslim minister and human rights activist known for his militant advocacy for Black empowerment, self-defense, and racial justice in the mid-20th century United States.
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D.
Roy Wilkins
Roy Wilkins was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime NAACP executive director who played a central role in the mid-20th-century struggle for racial equality.
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E.
Whitney Young
Whitney Young was a prominent American civil rights leader and longtime head of the National Urban League, known for his pragmatic, behind-the-scenes efforts to combat racial inequality and expand economic opportunities for Black Americans.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Black Power activist
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Muslim convert ⓘ author ⓘ civil rights activist ⓘ human ⓘ orator ⓘ political leader ⓘ |
| activeIn | 1960s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin ⓘ
surface form:
Jamil Al-Amin
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| associatedWith |
Black Panther Party
ⓘ
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ
surface form:
SNCC
|
| birthName | Hubert Gerold Brown ⓘ |
| convertedName | Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin ⓘ |
| convertedTo | Islam ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1943-10-04 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | African American ⓘ |
| familyName | Brown ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| genre | political writing ⓘ |
| givenName | Hubert ⓘ |
| hasInfluenced |
later Black nationalist movements
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radical strands of African-American political thought ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalView |
Black nationalism
ⓘ
revolutionary politics ⓘ |
| hasRole | spokesperson for Black Power ⓘ |
| knownFor |
fiery oratory
ⓘ
militant stance on racial justice ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| movement |
Black Power movement
ⓘ
American civil rights movement ⓘ
surface form:
Civil rights movement
|
| notableEvent | indictment under the 1968 federal Anti-Riot Act ⓘ |
| notableFor |
chairmanship of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
ⓘ
leadership in the Black Power movement ⓘ |
| notableWork | Die Nigger Die! ⓘ |
| occupation |
activist
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politician ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
ⓘ
surface form:
Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
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| positionHeld | chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Atlanta
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surface form:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
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| spouse | Karima Al-Amin ⓘ |
| subjectOf | FBI surveillance during COINTELPRO ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: H. Rap Brown Description of subject: H. Rap Brown, later known as Jamil Al-Amin, is a prominent 1960s Black Power activist and former chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) known for his fiery oratory and militant stance on racial justice.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.