September 10, 2010 Ronald G. Walters, scholar, author and political consultant, died. Walters was born July 20, 1938 in Wichita, Kansas. In 1958, as president of the Wichita NAACP Youth Council, he organized the Dockum Drug Store sit-in which led to the desegregation of drugstores in Wichita. Walters earned his Bachelor of Arts degree with [...]
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August 30th in African American History – Fred Hampton, Sr
August 30, 1948 Fred Hampton, Sr., activist and assassinated Black Panther leader, was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up in Maywood, a suburb of Chicago. At an early age, Hampton became active in the NAACP Youth Council, assuming leadership and growing the organization to 500 members. He worked to get more and better recreational [...]