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He is the only child of Fred Hampton, the Black Panther Party leader assassinated by police in Chicago on December 4, 1969, with his fiancée, now known as Akua Njeri.
12 de feb. de 2021 · Fred Hampton Jr., the son of deceased Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton, has followed in his father's footsteps as a vocal activist. Hampton Jr. consulted on HBO's new movie, Judas and the Black Messiah, which features Daniel Kaluuya playing his father. Now 51, Hampton Jr. is active as Chairman of the Black Panther Party Cubs.
24 de abr. de 2021 · CNN — The real Deborah Johnson hasn’t watched the scene in “Judas and the Black Messiah” where a cop puts a gun to her pregnant belly after a predawn raid that killed Black Panther leader Fred...
10 de may. de 2024 · Hampton was killed during a raid on his residence by Chicago police officers. The youngest child of Francis and Iberia Hampton, Fred was raised in the Chicago suburbs with his brother and sister. Among his family’s acquaintances was Emmett Till, a Black child whom Iberia had babysat.
In early October, Hampton and his girlfriend Deborah Johnson (now known as Akua Njeri), who was pregnant with their child (Fred Hampton Jr.), rented a four-and-a-half-room apartment at 2337 West Monroe Street to be closer to BPP headquarters.
3 de may. de 2021 · It was a full circle moment hearing from the educator: he teaches at the same elementary school Fred Hampton attended as a child. The son of a Black Power movement that was maligned, Fred...
12 de feb. de 2021 · Thank those he left behind. From left, Fred Hampton Jr., the son of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton who was killed by police in 1969, is photographed with his mother Akua Njeri on...
