H. Rap Brown
Jamil Abdullah al-Amin was an African-American activist who served as the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s. Calling himself H. Rap Brown in that period, he was one of the primary spokesmen for the black power movement.
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- Born in
- Baton Rouge
- Educated at
- McKinley Senior High School
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Trending topics shown first"In this country, authority is a cover for wrong. I don't respect wrong and I don't respect authority that represents wrong."
"In parte citato in un articolo di The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., 27 luglio 1967, p. 1. Cfr. Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations, 1989, p. 355."
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1943
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