Henry Hampton lived on the eastern edge of an all-black working class community.
10 Facts About Henry Hampton
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Henry Hampton's family converted to Catholicism after St Louis Archbishop Joseph Ritter led desegregation efforts in the region.
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Henry Hampton attended Little Flower School and later the Jesuits' St Louis University High School and College of the Holy Cross, before studying literature at Washington University in St Louis.
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Henry Hampton attended medical school for a term at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, before dropping out.
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In 1965, while working for the Unitarian church as information director, Henry Hampton went to Selma, Alabama, to participate in the Selma Marches.
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Henry Hampton's studies focused on consumers' and citizens' rights to information.
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Henry Hampton made a commitment to social justice with later productions, including his 1987 magnum opus Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years.
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Henry Hampton returned to WashU in 1989 to deliver the commencement speech.
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Henry Hampton died at Brigham and Women's Hospital on November 22,1998.
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Henry Hampton was the recipient of over 10 honorary degrees including an Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from his alma mater ; St Louis University ; Doctor of Arts, Northeastern University ; Suffolk University ; Bridgewater State College ; Brandeis University ; Boston College ; Emerson College ; Lincoln University and Tufts University.