H. Rap Brown

Acting

Born October 4, 1943 — Died November 23, 2025 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA

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.

Movies(14)

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

Self (archive footage)

2013

It Felt Like a Kiss

2009

Black Power Salute

Self (archive footage)

2008

RFK Must Die: The Assassination of Bobby Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

2007

TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Self (archive footage)

2004

A Huey P. Newton Story

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001

All Power to the People!

Self (archive footage)

1996

But... Seriously

Self (archive footage)

1994

The FBI's War on Black America

Self

1990

Malcolm X

Self (archive footage) (as Rap Brown)

1972

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

1970

The Fall

1969

Black Panthers

Self

1968

Revolution Underway

1968