Frederick Allen Hampton

A fiery and charismatic speaker, Frederick Allen Hampton exemplified courage and championed the causes of oppressed people. He graduated from Irving Elementary and Proviso East High School. As president of the West Suburban Youth NAACP and chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, he organized free breakfasts and led marches to fight oppression and racism. His legacy continues with the establishment of a Scholarship Fund for law students. He said, "You can kill a revolutionary but you can't kill a revolution."

Maywood, Illinois · United States