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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.

  2. Apr 23, 2021 · Njeri, who also goes by Mother Akua, tried to shield Hampton with her pregnant body during that lethal raid. These decades later, she seems just as brave and fiery as that prior act affirms. Let it be known far and wide that Mother Akua is an essential figure in the history of radical Black activism.

  3. Apr 24, 2021 · Akua Njeri, then Deborah Johnson, was charged after the 1969 raid that killed the father of her son. Chicago Police Department The movie closes with the 1969 raid, in which police storm an ...

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  5. Feb 12, 2021 · From left, Fred Hampton Jr., the son of Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton who was killed by police in 1969, is photographed with his mother Akua Njeri on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021, at the ...

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  6. Mar 10, 2021 · The movie also tells the story of Hampton's then-fiancée Akua Njeri (née Deborah Johnson, played by Dominique Fishback) who was just 19 — and nearly nine months pregnant — when Hampton was ...

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  7. Mar 15, 2021 · Bakari is joined by Shaka King, the director of Judas and the Black Messiah, and Akua Njeri, the fiancée of Fred Hampton (portrayed by Dominique Fishback in the movie), to talk about the ...

  8. Feb 11, 2021 · Akua Njeri, who went by Deborah Johnson in 1969 at the time of Fred Hampton's killing by law enforcement in his home, has fought for social justice her entire life. What Really Happened In Deadly Raid On Fred Hampton's Home? Akua Njeri became an activist as soon as she came of age. She was 12, reportedly, when she awoke to the social issues ...

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