Akua Njeri is an American writer, activist and former member of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.
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Akua Njeri is an American writer, activist and former member of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.
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Akua Njeri was born and grew up in Chicago, becoming a political activist at age 12.
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Akua Njeri recalls that her first conversation with Hampton was about poetry.
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Akua Njeri joined the Panthers soon after the Wright College event.
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Akua Njeri worked on their free breakfast program, the free medical clinic, and the free prison busing program for families of the incarcerated.
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Akua Njeri was asleep beside Hampton when agents entered the apartment.
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Akua Njeri was 19 years old and more than eight months pregnant.
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Akua Njeri recalls a police voice saying "He's barely alive; he'll barely make it, " before more shooting began.
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Akua Njeri was handcuffed and led by police from the apartment with a gun pressed to her pregnant belly.
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Akua Njeri was the first survivor released due to her pregnancy and extreme stress.
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Akua Njeri and Hampton's son was born on December 29,1969.
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Akua Njeri first named him Alfred Johnson, but changed his name legally to Fred Hampton Jr when he was ten years old.
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Akua Njeri began to read widely and identified increasingly with Africa.
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Akua Njeri makes speaking appearances, and co-authored a proposal to name a Chicago block "Chairman Fred Hampton Way".
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In 2019 Akua Njeri and Fred Hampton Jr initiated a GoFundMe project, called “Save the Hampton House, ” in order to acquire and restore Hampton Sr's childhood home in Maywood, Illinois.
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Akua Njeri had not done so in 1969 and felt it was an important show of strength for the character and for Black women.
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