Abbreviated History & Accomplishments of Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin/H. Rap Brown
1960-1964: Active in Non-Violent Action Group (NAG), which was affiliated with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
1966: Active in voter rights, desegregation struggles across South; Appointed Director, Greene County, Alabama SNCC Project, as well as worked in Georgia and Mississippi Black Belt counties, including working with the Mississippi Summer Project and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
1967: Elected in May as Chairman of SNCC. In July, 1967, the state and federal governments began their collusion, through the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program - COINTELPRO, of harassment and false charges against him as part of their campaign to disrupt and destroy the Black Liberation Movement.
1968: Was one of three SNCC officers/members, along with James Forman and Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) to be given a Black Panther Party honorary title.
1971: Beaten and arrested in New York for anti-drug activities.
1971: Accepted Islam by taking his Shahadah, while incarcerated in New York’s Rikers Island.
1976-2000: Established and began building the West End Community Masjid, Atlanta, GA; enforced a neighborhood Clean up of drugs and crime; worked with youth organizations; participated in initiating the establishment of the "National Jamaat," comprised of approximately 35 masajids in various cities in the United States and the Caribbean.
1990: Participated in the planning, creation, and development of the American Muslim Council (AMC), the first Muslim organization based in Washington DC to promote Muslim issues; selected the topic for AMC's first convention: "Muslims and Apartheid.”
1990: Served as founding vice-president of AMC; established a two-pronged policy for Muslims in the military; promoted the appointment of Muslim chaplains while supporting the rights of Muslim conscientious objectors.
1993: Helped to establish the National Majalis Ash-Shura, composed of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Ministry of W.D. Mohamed, and the "National Jamaat" led by Imam Jamil; served as first Amir (leader) from 1993-1995.
1993: Led the first and largest rally in New York City (50,000+) outside the United Nations in support of lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia.
1994: Led the U.S. Delegation to the Arabic and Islamic Conference in Khartoum.
2000: On the eve of the major Muslim holiday (Eid Al-Adha), Imam Jamil was wrongfully accused of murder of a Fulton County, GA sheriff’s deputy and wounding another; none of the conflicting descriptions of the assailant on the scene matched Imam Jamil.
2002: Despite factual and circumstantial evidence, Imam Jamil was convicted of killing a deputy sheriff and wounding another; during the sentencing phase, 20 civic, academic and religious leaders spoke as character witnesses on his behalf; he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
2004: In response to grievances filed by Imam Jamil, The Georgia Department of Corrections ruled that Reidsville administrators violated standard operating procedures by opening mail clearly marked “legal” from Imam Jamil’s wife who is an attorney.
2005: Counsel for Imam Jamil filed a habeas corpus in Georgia citing 14 grounds for reversal of Imam Jamil’s conviction and sentence, including the failure of his trial and appellate attorneys to investigate the individual who confessed to the charges immediately after the March 2000 incident.
2007: The public learns that Imam Jamil has been moved from the state of Georgia without notice to his attorneys or family, to Oklahoma City, and then to the Supermax federal prison in Florence, Colorado.
2007: Imam Jamil is able to communicate with his attorneys that he was moved from Reidsville to an airport where he became ill; he was taken to the Atlanta Medical Center for two days of exploratory tests for chest pains, and then placed in federal custody; this move to a federal prison without a federal charge, conviction, or sentence, was possible based on a March 1990 agreement between the Georgia Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to accept a state prisoner for monthly compensation.
Prior to this move, Georgia Muslim inmates initiated an effort to name Imam Jamil as the Imam for all Muslim inmates in the Georgia prison system. The Department of Corrections requested that Imam Jamil ask the inmates to discontinue this effort; however, the FBI initiated its own investigation, labeling its report, “The Radicalization of Muslim Inmates in the Georgia Prison System.” It becomes clear that the retaliatory move into federal custody is a direct outgrowth of the FBI involvement.
2008: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Reidsville warden and staff illegally opened Imam Jamil’s legal mail from his wife outside of his presence.
2011: After six years, Judge Rose of Tattnall County, Georgia, denied Imam Jamil’s habeas corpus.
2013: Imam Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) began to experience symptoms of declining health. He languished in a cell while his requests for medical attention were ignored by the ADX medical staff. Finally, family members, attorneys, The Jericho Movement (JERICHO), Congressional Black Caucus members, human rights activists, The Imam Jamil Action Network (IJAN) and other organizations intervene with a national phone and letter writing campaign
June 2014: .the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) conducted medical tests .
July 15, 2014: After further public pressure and urging the FBOP to stop the “Execution By Medical Neglect”, Imam Al-Amin was moved from the Florence Supermax prison to the Federal Medical Center, in Butner, North Carolina.
July 23, 2014: Butner Federal Medical Center, Imam Jamil had a bone marrow biopsy to determine the presence of myeloma cells. Imam Jamil told by the Butner medical staff that the biopsy results revealed “some myeloma cells. He was also told he needed to be monitored and tested every two to three months to determine if his condition has advanced to the full multiple myeloma stage.
October 2014: After a three-month stay at the medical center, Imam Al- Amin was moved to the USP Canaan Federal Penitentiary, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, where he was placed in general population. After 14 years of incarceration consisting of Administrative Detention i.e., Solitary Confinement, Imam Al-Amin finally was able to attend religious services and programs
December 2015: After requesting to move to a warmer climate – preferably Mississippi, Imam Jamil is moved to Tuscon, Arizona
As of August, 2016:
In addition to having Smoldering Myeloma, Imam Jamil Al-Amin/H. Rap Brown is suffering from Sjogren’s Syndrome. He continues to suffer severe pain, swollen jaws and other symptoms, including swollen ankles, skin discoloration, dry eyes and dry mouth.
His medical condition has prompted a broad-based coalition of organizations and individuals, spearheaded by IJAN, to again, advocate on his behalf that he must be afforded quality medical attention by specialists and, ultimately, he must be Freed..
1960-1964: Active in Non-Violent Action Group (NAG), which was affiliated with the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
1966: Active in voter rights, desegregation struggles across South; Appointed Director, Greene County, Alabama SNCC Project, as well as worked in Georgia and Mississippi Black Belt counties, including working with the Mississippi Summer Project and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party.
1967: Elected in May as Chairman of SNCC. In July, 1967, the state and federal governments began their collusion, through the FBI's Counter Intelligence Program - COINTELPRO, of harassment and false charges against him as part of their campaign to disrupt and destroy the Black Liberation Movement.
1968: Was one of three SNCC officers/members, along with James Forman and Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) to be given a Black Panther Party honorary title.
1971: Beaten and arrested in New York for anti-drug activities.
1971: Accepted Islam by taking his Shahadah, while incarcerated in New York’s Rikers Island.
1976-2000: Established and began building the West End Community Masjid, Atlanta, GA; enforced a neighborhood Clean up of drugs and crime; worked with youth organizations; participated in initiating the establishment of the "National Jamaat," comprised of approximately 35 masajids in various cities in the United States and the Caribbean.
1990: Participated in the planning, creation, and development of the American Muslim Council (AMC), the first Muslim organization based in Washington DC to promote Muslim issues; selected the topic for AMC's first convention: "Muslims and Apartheid.”
1990: Served as founding vice-president of AMC; established a two-pronged policy for Muslims in the military; promoted the appointment of Muslim chaplains while supporting the rights of Muslim conscientious objectors.
1993: Helped to establish the National Majalis Ash-Shura, composed of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), the Ministry of W.D. Mohamed, and the "National Jamaat" led by Imam Jamil; served as first Amir (leader) from 1993-1995.
1993: Led the first and largest rally in New York City (50,000+) outside the United Nations in support of lifting the arms embargo against Bosnia.
1994: Led the U.S. Delegation to the Arabic and Islamic Conference in Khartoum.
2000: On the eve of the major Muslim holiday (Eid Al-Adha), Imam Jamil was wrongfully accused of murder of a Fulton County, GA sheriff’s deputy and wounding another; none of the conflicting descriptions of the assailant on the scene matched Imam Jamil.
2002: Despite factual and circumstantial evidence, Imam Jamil was convicted of killing a deputy sheriff and wounding another; during the sentencing phase, 20 civic, academic and religious leaders spoke as character witnesses on his behalf; he was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.
2004: In response to grievances filed by Imam Jamil, The Georgia Department of Corrections ruled that Reidsville administrators violated standard operating procedures by opening mail clearly marked “legal” from Imam Jamil’s wife who is an attorney.
2005: Counsel for Imam Jamil filed a habeas corpus in Georgia citing 14 grounds for reversal of Imam Jamil’s conviction and sentence, including the failure of his trial and appellate attorneys to investigate the individual who confessed to the charges immediately after the March 2000 incident.
2007: The public learns that Imam Jamil has been moved from the state of Georgia without notice to his attorneys or family, to Oklahoma City, and then to the Supermax federal prison in Florence, Colorado.
2007: Imam Jamil is able to communicate with his attorneys that he was moved from Reidsville to an airport where he became ill; he was taken to the Atlanta Medical Center for two days of exploratory tests for chest pains, and then placed in federal custody; this move to a federal prison without a federal charge, conviction, or sentence, was possible based on a March 1990 agreement between the Georgia Department of Corrections and the Federal Bureau of Prisons to accept a state prisoner for monthly compensation.
Prior to this move, Georgia Muslim inmates initiated an effort to name Imam Jamil as the Imam for all Muslim inmates in the Georgia prison system. The Department of Corrections requested that Imam Jamil ask the inmates to discontinue this effort; however, the FBI initiated its own investigation, labeling its report, “The Radicalization of Muslim Inmates in the Georgia Prison System.” It becomes clear that the retaliatory move into federal custody is a direct outgrowth of the FBI involvement.
2008: The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the Reidsville warden and staff illegally opened Imam Jamil’s legal mail from his wife outside of his presence.
2011: After six years, Judge Rose of Tattnall County, Georgia, denied Imam Jamil’s habeas corpus.
2013: Imam Jamil Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) began to experience symptoms of declining health. He languished in a cell while his requests for medical attention were ignored by the ADX medical staff. Finally, family members, attorneys, The Jericho Movement (JERICHO), Congressional Black Caucus members, human rights activists, The Imam Jamil Action Network (IJAN) and other organizations intervene with a national phone and letter writing campaign
June 2014: .the Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) conducted medical tests .
July 15, 2014: After further public pressure and urging the FBOP to stop the “Execution By Medical Neglect”, Imam Al-Amin was moved from the Florence Supermax prison to the Federal Medical Center, in Butner, North Carolina.
July 23, 2014: Butner Federal Medical Center, Imam Jamil had a bone marrow biopsy to determine the presence of myeloma cells. Imam Jamil told by the Butner medical staff that the biopsy results revealed “some myeloma cells. He was also told he needed to be monitored and tested every two to three months to determine if his condition has advanced to the full multiple myeloma stage.
October 2014: After a three-month stay at the medical center, Imam Al- Amin was moved to the USP Canaan Federal Penitentiary, in Waymart, Pennsylvania, where he was placed in general population. After 14 years of incarceration consisting of Administrative Detention i.e., Solitary Confinement, Imam Al-Amin finally was able to attend religious services and programs
December 2015: After requesting to move to a warmer climate – preferably Mississippi, Imam Jamil is moved to Tuscon, Arizona
As of August, 2016:
In addition to having Smoldering Myeloma, Imam Jamil Al-Amin/H. Rap Brown is suffering from Sjogren’s Syndrome. He continues to suffer severe pain, swollen jaws and other symptoms, including swollen ankles, skin discoloration, dry eyes and dry mouth.
His medical condition has prompted a broad-based coalition of organizations and individuals, spearheaded by IJAN, to again, advocate on his behalf that he must be afforded quality medical attention by specialists and, ultimately, he must be Freed..
