Author: susie day

H. “Rap” Brown stands atop a car in the African American section of Cambridge, Md., July 24, 1967 delivering a fiery black nationalist speech denouncing white dominated society and urging African Americans to fight back. Later that night, Brown was wounded by shotgun pellets before he left town. In the early morning hours, someone set fire to an African American school that ended up burning two square blocks while the town’s firemen stood by. Maryland Gov. Spiro T Agnew immediately denounced Brown and he was soon charged with inciting to riot, along with other crimes. The National Guard was again called out to occupy the town. Brown faced other legal woes, but charges in the Maryland case were ultimately dropped several years later. The incident marked the end of the mass civil rights movement in Cambridge that began in 1962. Photo Credit; Washington Area Spark (https://www.flickr.com/photos/washington_area_spark/49222107273/in/album-72157702777400382/)

Anti-racism

H. Rap Brown, Jamil Al-Amin, and the Perils of Forgetting

susie day talks with Arun Kundnani about the unfortunately forgotten H. Rap Brown. Brown, now Imam Jamil Al-Amin, urgently needs medical care.

susie day February 11, 2025