Akua Njeri

Akua Njeri (formerly known as Deborah Johnson) is an American writer and activist. She is a former member of the Illinois Chapter Black Panthers and was Fred Hampton's fiancée. She is a survivor of the December 4, 1969, assassination of Hampton and Mark Clark. She is the mother of Fred Hampton Jr.[1][2]

Assassination of Fred Hampton

She was in the room when Fred Hampton, Sr was assassinated.[3] She wrote an article[4] and a book[5] detailing her experience.

Activism

Njeri is the chairperson of the December 4th Committee which fights to defend and maintain the legacy of the Black Panther Party and what really happened on December 4, 1969.[6] She is also involved in a campaign to rename a block in Chicago, 2300 W. Monroe, as Chairman Fred Hampton Way.[2]

References
  1. Levin, Jennifer. "The assassination of a black activist: Lawyer Jeffrey Haas remembers Black Panther Fred Hampton". Santa Fe New Mexican. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  2. Mary (2010-03-13). "For Akua Njeri (Deborah Johnson)*". San Francisco Bay View. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  3. "Black Panther Fred Hampton's then-girlfriend remembers the night he was assassinated". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-02-09.
  4. Njeri, Akua (1991). "My Dance with Justice". Yale Journal of Law and Liberation. 2: 9.
  5. Njeri, Akua (1991). My Life with the Black Panther Party. Burning Spear Publications.
  6. "Encyclopedia of African American history". hollis.harvard.edu. p. 795. Retrieved 2020-02-09.


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