H. Rap Brown (Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)

EPISODE SUMMARY

Activist and musician Baba Bilal Sunni-Ali joins to discuss the current movement to free political prisoner Jamil Al-Amin.

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Activist and musician Baba Bilal Sunni-Ali, of the Jamil Al-Amin Action Network, joins Groundings to discuss the life, legacy, and impact of current political prisoner Imam Jamil Al-Amin.

Formerly known as H. Rap Brown, Imam Jamil Al-Amin was once one of the Amerika’s most well-known Black revolutionary activists. A former member of SNCC, Jamil Al-Amin was framed for a crime in 2000, and despite a mountain of evidence showing his innocence, he’s sat as a political prisoner ever since. 

Baba Bilal Sunni-Ali discusses the legal matters related to Al-Amin’s case, the current movement to free him, and the impact he had on several communities, including Atlanta’s West End neighborhood. 

To get involved and support the campaign to free Imam Jamil Al-Amin, check out: www.imamjamilactionnetwork.org

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SHOW CONTRIBUTORS: Baba Bilal Sunni-Ali, Jamil Al-Amin, Musa Springer.

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Dr. Akinyele Umoja, a scholar, activist, and author, discusses the notorious COINTELPRO program— the bloody government agenda that massacred the Black liberation movement.

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In this episode of the Groundings podcast, host Musa Springer talks with Dr. Akinyele Umoja, a scholar, activist, and author, about the notorious COINTELPRO program. This program was led by the FBI and local police departments, and was an all-out war on Black organizers. This episode delves into the history, consequences, and the struggle led by Black organizers to expose the violent program.

Dr. Umoja provides a comprehensive understanding of the COINTELPRO program, its inception, and first-hand account of its impact on Black liberation movements in the US. The episode begins with a discussion about Assata Shakur, a prominent figure within the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Army, and her experiences with COINTELPRO.

Dr. Umoja shares his insights on the counterintelligence and counterinsurgency tactics used by the FBI to disrupt and neutralize Black nationalist movements, and how these tactics are relevant and still in use today. He also discusses the discovery of the COINTELPRO program and the subsequent congressional hearings that confirmed its existence.

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