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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.

H. Rap Brown

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H. Rap Brown
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: October 4
Activist
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Hubert Gerold Brown
Causes
Black
Country
Must
Address
People
Addresses
Oppression
Poverty

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