Quotes by H. Rap Brown

About H. Rap Brown:

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin 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 Die Nigger Die!. He is currently serving a life sentence for murder following the 2000 shooting of two Fulton County Sheriff's deputies. One deputy, Ricky Kinchen, died in the shooting.
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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 ac...

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To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness.

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To be successful in struggle requires remembrance of the Creator and the doing of good deeds. This is important because successful struggle demands that there be a kind of social consciousness. There has to be a social commitment, a social consciousn...

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When you understand your obligations to God then you can understand your obligations to society.

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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.

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I seek truth over a lie; I seek justice over injustice; I seek righteousness over the rewards of evildoers, and I love Allah more than I love the state.

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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.

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You've got to stop dividing yourselves. You got to organize.

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They cannot divide us by saying that you're middle class or you're lower class.

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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.

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So black people all across this country are uniting. They must unite, and they must organize themselves.

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See, justice is a joke in this country, and it stinks of its hypocricy.

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See, it's no in between: you're either free or you're a slave.

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One of the lies that we tell ourselves is that we're making progress; but Huey's chair's empty.

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No such thing as a Dixiecrat.

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There is no such thing as a black middle class.

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The poverty program was not designed to eliminate poverty.

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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!

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In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the Puerto Rican American, the American Indian, and black people.

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If America don't come around, we're gonna' burn it down.

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Author Bio

  • NameH. Rap Brown
  • DescriptionAmerican activist
  • AliasesJamil Abdullah Al-Amin
  • BornOctober 4, 1943
  • ProfessionActivist