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Akua Njeri (formerly known as Deborah Johnson; born 1949/50) is an American writer, activist and former member of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Njeri was present at the December 4, 1969, police raid in which her fiancé, Fred Hampton, and Mark Clark were killed at the Chicago apartment she and Hampton shared.
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.
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 · Born: August 30, 1948, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Killed: December 4, 1969, Chicago (aged 21) Notable Family Members: son of Francis Hampton. son of Iberia Hampton. married (by common law) to Deborah Johnson (later called Akua Njeri) father of Fred Hampton, Jr.
11 de feb. de 2021 · Chairman Fred Hampton was only 21 at the time of his violent death, a short lifespan which seems incongruent to his lengthy accomplishments. His assassination, by some, is attributed to his ...
11 de feb. de 2021 · When Chicago lawyer Jeffrey Haas first met Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, he was struck by the 20-year-old activist’s “tremendous amount of energy”...
12 de feb. de 2021 · Black Panther Party chairman Fred Hampton's widow Akua Njeri and son Fred Hampton Jr. were instrumental in bringing the story of "Judas and the Black Messiah" to the screen.
