H. Rap Brown

“My name is Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, the former H. Rap Brown. I am a devoted servant of Allah, and an unwavering devotee to His cause. For more than 30 years, I have been tormented and pe...”

“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.”

“Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.”

“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!”

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

“Revolution comes when human beings set out to correct decadent institutions.”

“We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.”

“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 In...”

“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.”

“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 consciousne...”

“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 consciousne...”

“Look at the newborn baby. It struggles to breathe after living in the womb. And yet, growth comes as a result of struggle. Even when we talk about jihad. We need to attach consciousness to s...”

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

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

“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 transgre...”

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