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H ‘Rap’ Brown, born Hubert Gerold Brown, also known as Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, was born on this day in 1943. He was a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) and the Black Panther Party. He is currently incarcerated as a result of charges stemming from a shootout with the police.

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Lesotho declared its independence from the United Kingdom on this day in 1966.