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E. Charles Brown Discusses the Death Penalty and His Brother's Case
Thursday, April 26, 2001, 6:30pm
Pound 100
free and open to the public
Imam Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin (H. Rap Brown) was charged last year with killing a police officer serving an arrest warrant on him in a shootout near the grocery store Al-Amin owns in Atlanta, GA. Although Al-Amin achieved notoriety in the 1960's as a militant leader of the Black Panthers, he has lived in relative obscurity for the past twenty-five years. Al-Amin owns a grocery store in Atlanta's West End and is a spiritual leader of his local mosque. He also is a recognized spiritual leader of the National Islamic Community, the third-largest American Muslim group which is credited with revitalizing poverty-stricken communities.
Al-Amin's arrest has engendered significant public controversy due to conflicting evidence as to the allegations, Al-Amin's own controversial past and the public support Al-Amin has received from politically unpopular groups such as the New Black Panthers and contentious leaders of the Nation of Islam.
Since Al-Amin's arrest last year, E. Charles "Ed" Brown has been working to clear his brother's name. Ed Brown is a Senior Consultant to the National Democratic Institute where he designs civic education programs and workshops and works with developing countries in Africa and Latin America. He is also the Southeastern Marketing Director at Sydney B. Bowne & Son where he develops and implements marketing strategies and plans for the sale of civil engineering and information technology services in eleven southern states. He serves as an international elections observer for the Carter Center, and sits on the Boards of Directors of the Atlanta Council for International Cooperation, the Atlanta Photography Group and the Academy Theater.
The Saturday School Program at Harvard Law School and the Harvard Black Law Students Association are co-sponsoring Mr. Brown's talk.