Rest In Power: Notable Black Folks Who We’ve Lost In 2025 - Page 13
12. Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
The activist was born Hubert Brown (Rap was a childhood nickname) in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on Oct. 4, 1943. He became involved with the Civil Rights Movement through his brother, Ed Brown, who was part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. He’d become acquainted with Stokely Carmichael, later known as Dr. Kwame Ture, and they would lead a more aggressive shift in SNCC toward embracing Black Power, coinciding with Al-Amin taking over as chairman in 1967 from Ture.
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