H. Rap Brown
H. Rap Brown
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin,, also known as H. Rap Brown, was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and during a short-livedalliance between SNCC and the Black Panther Party, he served as their minister of justice. He is perhaps most famous for his proclamation during that period that "violence is as American as cherry pie," as well as once stating that "If America don't come around, we're gonna burn it down." He is also known for his autobiography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth4 October 1943
CountryUnited States of America
Class structures are a luxury that we cannot afford.
I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.
We talking about revolution because that's the era that you're caught in.
You cannot legislate an attitude.
Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.
They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.
I consider myself neither legally nor morally bound to obey the laws made by a body in which I have no representation.
The man does not beat your head because you got a Cadillac or because you got a Ford; he beats you because you're black!
If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.
An old African leader says about leadership, he says that leadership should never be shared; it should always remain in the hands of the dispossessed people. We will lead the revolution.
The first responsibility of the Muslim is as teacher. That is his job, to teach. His first school, his first classroom is within the household. His first student is himself. He masters himself and then he begins to convey the knowledge that he has acquired to the family. The people who are closest to him.
There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousness that joins men together. On the basis of their coming together, they do not transgress against themselves and they do not transgress against others.
You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.