H. Rap Brown dies in prison hospital at 82

H. Rap Brown, a prominent leader of the Black Power movement, died at 82 in a North Carolina prison hospital while serving a life sentence for the 2000 killing of a Georgia sheriff’s deputy. His widow revealed he had been suffering from cancer since being transferred to the facility in 2014. Brown, also known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, was a key figure in the civil rights movement and later became an Imam, maintaining his innocence in the murder conviction. His family has raised concerns about the fairness of his trial, citing new evidence that questions the judicial process.

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