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Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Black Power Activist Known as H. Rap Brown, Dies at 82

The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed on Sunday that Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, once H. Rap Brown, died at Federal Medical Center, Butner, Kristie Breshears said.
Earlier this year, reports said Mr. Al-Amin had multiple myeloma and declining health while serving a life sentence for the 2000 Fulton County deputy killing tied to the March 16 shootout.
As H. Rap Brown he rose to prominence as an incendiary Black Power orator, elected Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee chairman in May 1967 amid Detroit riots and unrest in over 100 cities, drawing F.B.I. surveillance.
Supporters pursued a new trial in 2020 alleging withheld evidence, and his appeals in 2004 and 2019 were denied, leaving legal questions unresolved.
Declassified memos show J. Edgar Hoover, F.B.I. director, ordered surveillance and informants infiltrated his mosque and activist groups during extended probes.

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Former Black Panther leader H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82

Former Black Panther Party official H. Rap Brown has died in a prison hospital after being convicted nearly 25 years ago in the fatal shooting of a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia.

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Former Black Panther Leader Jailed For Shooting Fulton Deputy Dies in Prison

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the man convicted of killing a Fulton County deputy in 2000, died Sunday in federal custody in North Carolina. He was 82. What’s Happening: Al-Amin died at the Federal Medical Center in Butner after what his family described as a prolonged period of severe medical decline. The Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed […] The post Former Black Panther Leader Jailed For Shooting Fulton Deputy Dies in Prison appeared first on The…

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