Jamil Abdullah al-Amin, is an American Muslim cleric who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s. Best known as H. Rap Brown, he served as the Black Panther Party's minister of justice during a short-lived alliance between SNCC and the Black Panther Party.

Porter Troutman was born and raised in Newellton, a small farming community in Louisiana. He went to school to Ruth Wood Elementary School and graduated from a high school in St. Joseph, Louisiana. He then attended Southern University from 1961 to 1965 and earned his Bachelor's Degree. His father held a multitude of jobs to support the family and was highly involved in the Civil Rights movement.

Husband of Betty Jo Jones.

Ulysses L. Winfrey served as Head Coach of the Matt Kelly Elementary School baseball team, leading them to a championship victory in May 1967.