Die Nigger Die!
New York: The Dial Press, Inc, 1969. First edition. Hardcover. 145pp. Octavo [21.5 cm] Red cloth over boards with the title stamped in black ink on the backstrip. Photographically illustrated endpapers. Spine ends a bit bruised. Rear board does not quite lay flat. In the dust jacket ($3.95 on inside flap), with mild toning, small closed and open tears to the edges, and the rear inside flap partially torn along the fold. Despite these flaws, the jacket still presents quite well. Very Good / Very Good Minus. Item #71177
The story of the making of a revolutionary. The autobiography of American political activist H. Rap Brown (Jamin Al-Amin), a former Chairman of SNCC. Hubert "Rap" Brown (1943-2025) was a veteran of direct action. At the age of 15, he was responsible for organizing a student walkout at Southern High School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Eight years later, he came together with local activists in the Alabama Black Belt to rise against white supremacy through the ballot box, which often meant engaging in direct confrontations with authorities. During Brown's tenure as Chairman of SNCC, he was instrumental in the renaming of SNCC which replaced "Nonviolent" with "National." Confrontations with authorities intensified to the point where the U.S. Congress passed an anti-riot act, known as the “Rap Brown Law,” in 1968. Legal woes forced Brown to step down from SNCC, but he remained dedicated to the Movement.
"This country was born of violence. Violence is as american as cherry pie. Black people have always been violent, but our violence has always been directed toward each other. If nonviolence is to be practiced, then it should be practiced in our community and end there." - H. Rap Brown, Detroit, 1967.
Price: $300.00