Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943-

LC control no.	n 86024221
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Al-Amin, Jamil, 1943- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Brown, H. Rap, 1943- Brown, H. Rap (Hubert Rap), 1943- Brown, Hubert Gerald, 1943- Amin, Jamil Al-, 1943-
Associated country	United States
Birth date	1943-10-04
Place of birth	Baton Rouge (La.)
Affiliation	Southern University and A & M College Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (U.S.) Nonviolent Action Group (Washington, D.C.) Black Panther Party
Profession or occupation	African American political activists
Found in	His H. Rap Brown, trials and tribulations, 1969. LC in RLIN, 3-12-87 (hdg.: Brown, H. Rap, 1943- ) His Revolution and the book, 1993: CIP t.p. (Imam Jamil Al-Amir) galley (Hubert Gerald Brown; b. Baton Rouge, 1943; former chairman of SNCC; changed name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin in 1971) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 17, 2014: (Brown, H. Rap, born Hubert Geroid Brown; militant political activist, islamic leader, alleged murderer, black nationalist; born 04 October 1943 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States; studied sociology at the Southern University in Baton Rouge (1960-1964); relocated to Washington, D.C. and became chairman of the Nonviolent Action Group (NAG); joined the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC); appointed the Black Panther Party's minister of justice (1968); found at the scene of a shooting at a Manhattan bar, arrested, charged with armed robbery, and incarcerated for five years (1971); in prison converted to orthodox Islam and changed his name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin; after his release moved to Atlanta in 1976, where he eventually became the imam of a small Muslim community; in 2002 sentenced to life in prison for the 2000 murder of an Atlanta police officer; he has steadfastly denied these charges but remains in prison)
Associated language	eng