Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin
Jamil Al-Amin was a civil rights activist who worked with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s and later became a mosque leader and community activist in Atlanta's West End. His family described him as a father, a husband, a brother and a leader, and his son, Kairi Al-Amin, announced his death. He died on November 23, 2025, at age 82, at the Federal Medical Center in Butner, North Carolina, where the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed the death. His attorneys said he had gone through a prolonged period of severe medical decline, including stage four cancer, and no cause of death has been released.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. His attorneys say he died after a prolonged period of severe medical decline from stage four cancer, and no official cause of death has been released.
Reported by: his attorneys.
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