Bibliograph

Die Nigger Die!, a Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, H. Rap Brown

Type

Label

Die Nigger Die!, a Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, H. Rap Brown

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Die Nigger Die!

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

H. Rap Brown

Sub title

a Political Autobiography of Jamil Abdullah al-Amin

Summary

More than any other black leader, H. Rap Brown, chairperson of the radical Black Power organization Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), came to symbolize the ideology of black revolution. This autobiography, which was first published in 1969, went through seven printings and has long been unavailable, chronicles the making of a revolutionary. It is much more than a personal history, however; it is a call to arms, an urgent message to the black community to be the vanguard force in the struggle of oppressed people. Forthright, sardonic, and shocking, this book is not only illuminating and dynamic but also a vitally important document that is essential to understanding the upheavals of the late 1960s. University of Massachusetts professor Ekwueme Michael Thelwell has updated this edition, covering Browns decades of harassment by law enforcement agencies, his extraordinary transformation into an important Muslim leader, and his sensational trial

Target audience

adult

Classification