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          Akua Njeri - formerly known as Deborah Johnson - is an American writer, activist and former member of the Illinois Chapter of the Black....

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          Akua Njeri

          Njeri c.

          1970

          Born

          Deborah Johnson


          1949/1950 (age 74–75)

          Chicago, Illinois

          NationalityAmerican
          Alma materWilbur Wright College
          OccupationActivist
          Known forCivil rights activism in the United States; witnessing the assassination of her fiancé, Fred Hampton, and Mark Clark
          Political partyBlack Panther
          Partner(s)Fred Hampton
          ChildrenFred Hampton Jr.

          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.

          Johnson changed her given name to Akua Njeri, joining several Black Power activists in shedding their "slave names" to overcome racial oppression.

        1. Johnson changed her given name to Akua Njeri, joining several Black Power activists in shedding their "slave names" to overcome racial oppression.
        2. Akua Njeri, who went by Deborah Johnson in at the time of Fred Hampton's killing by law enforcement in his home, has fought for social justice her entire.
        3. Akua Njeri - formerly known as Deborah Johnson - is an American writer, activist and former member of the Illinois Chapter of the Black.
        4. It also tells, more incidentally, the story of Hampton's then fiancée Akua Njeri (née Deborah Johnson, played by Dominique Fishback), who was.
        5. Akua Njeri says she remembers it was “seriously cold” the night her then-boyfriend Fred Hampton, 21, was killed in his sleep in a raid organized by the Cook.

          6. 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. She is the mother of their son Fred Hampton Jr., born after his father's assassination.

          Early life

          Njeri was born and grew up in Chicago, becoming a political activist at age 12.

          Throughout her tee