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
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.
The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.
Attack those concepts such as 'third world.' Think about it. If we look at it in terms of numbers, then people of color are the majority in this world. We should be the 'first world.'
Being a man is the continuing battle for one's life. One loses a bit of manhood with every stale compromise to the authority of any power in which one does not believe.
There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.
I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
This is a very unforgiving country when you show this country its warts, when you hold the mirror up. If you happen not to share their beliefs, they'll kill you.
Individuals do not create rebellions; conditions do.