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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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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.
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What better way to enslave a man than give him the vote and call him free? What does it profit a man to be able to vote when he has to choose between a Democrat and a Republican— Tweedledee and Tweedledum?
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America is the ultimate denial of the theory of man's continuous evolution.
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Born:
October 4, 1943
Died:
November 23, 2025
(aged 82)
Bio:
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, also known as H. Rap Brown, was an African-American activist who served as the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in the 1960s.
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