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| − | '''Jamil Abdullah al-Amin''', also known as '''H. Rap Brown''', is a notorious [[black nationalist]] [[Muslim]]. He is most famous for a statement he made when he took over the [[Black Power]] student group [[SNCC]] in the mid-1960s, where he said "Violence is as American as [[apple pie]]." | + | '''Jamil Abdullah al-Amin''', also known as '''H. Rap Brown''', is a notorious [[Black nationalism|black nationalist]] [[Muslim]]. He is most famous for a statement he made when he took over the [[Black Power]] student group [[SNCC]] in the mid-1960s, where he said "Violence is as American as [[apple pie]]." |
In 2000, he was tried and convicted of killing a cop, and received life imprisonment. He is also a cause celebre of the [[Liberal|left]], similar to fellow cop-killer [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]. | In 2000, he was tried and convicted of killing a cop, and received life imprisonment. He is also a cause celebre of the [[Liberal|left]], similar to fellow cop-killer [[Mumia Abu-Jamal]]. | ||
Revision as of 04:04, November 11, 2008
Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, also known as H. Rap Brown, is a notorious black nationalist Muslim. He is most famous for a statement he made when he took over the Black Power student group SNCC in the mid-1960s, where he said "Violence is as American as apple pie."
In 2000, he was tried and convicted of killing a cop, and received life imprisonment. He is also a cause celebre of the left, similar to fellow cop-killer Mumia Abu-Jamal.