H. Rap Brown (1943 - )  A well known leader in the civil rights struggle who later became an important figure in the Black Panthers. Die Nigger Die! (1969): 130 pages. Before I present the book I would like to explain the title, in Brown's words: "Negroes and whites have wished death to all Blacks, to all niggers. Their sentiment is “Die Nigger Die!” – either by becoming a Negro or by institutionalization or active genocide." Rap Brown was a well known leader in the civil rights struggle and later became an important figure in the Black Panthers. This book doesn't just detail political struggle, it also documents life in the heart of racist amerika, similar to the divide in Malcolm X's autobiography.