I Rise in Fire: Jamil Al-Amin, aka H. Rap Brown, and the Long Revolution

A rigorous account of the pivotal but little-studied civil rights leader Jamil Al-Amin, aka H. Rap Brown, stitches together new and profound connections. I Rise in Fire is a gripping, necessary addition to literature on revolutionary politics.

In a just world, the name of the late H. Rap Brown would be as well-known today as those of Martin Luther King jr., Malcolm X, John Lewis, Stokely Carmichael, Huey Newton, and Fred Hampton. The fact that it isn’t, is no accident, but evidence of the pe...