H. Rap Brown

Acting

Born October 4, 1943 — Died November 23, 2025

From Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

Also known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, Hubert Gerold Brown

Biography

Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is a civil rights activist, black separatist, and convicted criminal who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s.

Filmography

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

20137.1

It Felt Like a Kiss

20096.5

Black Power Salute

Self (archive footage)

2008

RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

20077.0

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

20045.3

A Huey P. Newton Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

20015.4

All Power to the People!

Self (archive footage)

19966.3

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But... Seriously

Self (archive footage)

19948.5

The FBI's War on Black America

Self

19908.0

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage) (as Rap Brown)

19726.7

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

19707.3

The Fall

19697.2

Black Panthers

Self

19687.1

Revolution Underway

1968