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

Questions Surround Death of Influential Activist H. Rap Brown

Tweet By: Victor Greene H. Rap Brown was born as Hubert Gerold Brown in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and grew up in a segregated South that exposed him to racial hostility from an early age. His family lived in a working-class Black neighborhood where unequal treatment shaped his awareness long before he became an activist. As a child, he often watched his parents face discrimination during simple tasks like shopping or dealing with local authorities,…

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

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin watches during the sentencing portion of his trial in Atlanta, Monday, March 11, 2002. (AP Photo/Ric Feld, File) ASSOCIATED PRESS BUTNER, N.C. — H. Rap Brown, one of the most vocal leaders of the Black Power movement, has died in a prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. He was 82. Brown — who later in life changed his name to Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin — died Sunday at the …