- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- H. Rap Brown (b. 1943)
- Creator:
- Cable, John H.
- Date of Original:
- 2021-12-20
- Subject:
- Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.)
Civil rights movements--United States
Civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights--United States
African American civil rights workers--United States
Civil rights workers--Maryland--Cambridge - People:
- Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- One of the most polarizing figures of the Black freedom movement, H. Rap Brown gained prominence as chairman of the Atlanta-based Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the late 1960s. Brown later converted to Islam and adopted the name Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin.
All topics: Civil Rights & Modern Georgia, Since 1945, History & Archaeology, Mid- to Late 20th Century Figures, People
GSE identifier: SS8H11 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/h-rap-brown/
- Contributing Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
-
