On May 12, 1967: H. Rap Brown succeeded Stokely Carmichael as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). He was a prominent figure in the Black Panther Party. Brown advocated for even more radical measures than Carmichael.
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"H. Rap Brown, Chairman of SNCC." Historianspeaks, May 14, 2026. https://historianspeaks.org/blog/h-rap-brown-chairman-of-sncc.
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