Biography
Bob Brown was an organizer and leader of the All-African People’s Revolutionary Party. A federal grand jury investigating alleged violations of restrictions on travel and financial dealings with Libya ordered Brown, American Indian Movement leaders Vernon Bellecourt and Bill Means, and others to testify. Brown refused to give evidence about political organizations and was found in civil contempt. He entered custody on September 14, 1988, joined a hunger strike that began in the Alexandria Detention Center, and was later transferred to the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York. He served a 90-day contempt sentence.
Photograph source: Ahjamu Umi, “An Untold History of those African Nationalists Owed your Respect,” February 10, 2017. The caption explicitly identifies Bob Brown and the author recounts their movement work. The original supplied speaking image is retained unchanged; the recording date and photographer are not established. This is not represented as an image from the 1988 arrest.
