Search results
23 kwi 2021 · But there’s no one more deserving of credit for it coming to fruition than Akua Njeri—the former Deborah Johnson—who was both betrothed to and pregnant by Hampton on the fateful pre-dawn morning in 1969 when a phalanx of cops and agents besieged their apartment and shot him dead in his sleep.
12 lut 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 ...
15 mar 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 ...
13 lut 2021 · Photo: Warner Bros. Portrayed in the film by Dominique Fishback (pictured above), Akua Njeri (known in the film’s timeline as Deborah Johnson) met future fiancé Fred Hampton when she was a...
26 paź 2024 · Now named Akua Njeri, her role in the film was more than just his partner, but someone who regularly let her voice be known about Hampton’s speeches and alluding claims of how his time on this earth was going to end. Fishback, who played Deborah, stated that the most profound thing about her playing Deborah was, “In me getting towards her.
31 maj 2020 · How Chicago cops' killing of Fred Hampton affected his 19-year old pregnant fiancée Akua Njeri who was in bed. Nearly 100 shots were fired by police.
14 maj 2019 · 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 County State’s Attorney.
