If America don’t come around, we’re gonna’ burn it down.
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I say violence is necessary. It is as American as cherry pie.
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Birth: | 4th October, 1943 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Activist |
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and during a short-lived alliance between SNCC and the Black Panther Party, he served as their Minister of Justice. He is perhaps most famous for his proclamation during that period that "violence is as American as cherry pie", as well as once stating that "If America don't come around, we're gonna burn it down". He is also known for his autobiography Die Nigger Die!
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