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H. Rap Brown, born on October 4, 1943, is an influential American activist and orator. He played a significant role in the civil rights movement, known for his passionate speeches and radical political views.

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Famous H. Rap Brown Quotes

“You must begin to define yourself. You must begin to define your Black heritage.”

Black Heritage Define Yourself

Book:Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin

Source: Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin

“Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.”

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Author:H. Rap Brown

“Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.”

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Author:H. Rap Brown

“But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.”

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Author:H. Rap Brown

“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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Author:H. Rap Brown

“I say violence is necessary. Violence is a part of America's culture. It is as American as cherry pie. Americans taught the black people to be violent. We will use that violence to rid ourselves of oppression if necessary. We will be free, by any means necessary.”

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Author:H. Rap Brown

“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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Author:H. Rap Brown

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Born: October 4, 1943
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Quotes: 27

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Die Nigger Die!: A Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah Al-AminRelated source material

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