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Black militant H. Rap Brpown captured in 1971...
Black militant H. Rap Brpown captured in 1971...
Item # 720380
October 17, 1971
THE SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE, Indiana, Oct. 17, 1971
* H. Rap Brown captured - arrested
* "Black Power" movement militant
* Violence at Civil Rights protests
The front page has a nice banner headline: "RAP BROWN CAPTURED IN N.Y." with subhead and photo of Brown. (see images) Nice for display.
Complete with all sections (60+ pages), light toning along the central fold, nice condition.
AI notes: In 1971, H. Rap Brown, a prominent leader of the Black Power movement, was captured after evading law enforcement for several years. Brown, who had become infamous for his militant rhetoric and leadership within the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), was charged with inciting violence during civil rights protests and was linked to a deadly confrontation with police in Cambridge, Maryland, where a police officer was killed in 1967. By the early 1970s, he had gone underground, making him a target of the FBI’s counterintelligence program (COINTELPRO). His capture in New York City in 1971 marked the culmination of an intense manhunt. Brown’s arrest followed years of legal troubles, including charges related to armed robbery, a riot at the University of Wisconsin, and various other violent incidents. Despite being convicted for inciting a riot and facing possible death for the 1967 killing, he was later sentenced to prison but ultimately changed his life’s course after converting to Islam and adopting the name Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin. His capture and subsequent legal battles embodied the fierce tensions between radical Black activism and government authorities during a time of intense civil rights struggles.
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