What do you all think about Fred Hampton having a street named after him in his memory?

Answer 1

I'm for it. He was a brilliant organiser and orator, and would have gone on to achieve even greater things had he not been summarily executed by the police, at just twenty-one years of age.

His achievements include:
● NAACP - increased youth participation
● Chicago's street gangs - peace treaty
● Rainbow coalition - he coined the phrase
● BPP Breakfast Program
● BPP national deputy chairman
● Chicago BPP - one of the strongest chapters, with a successful Serve the People program.

Chicago City Council has already declared a Fred Hampton Day, so a street naming should be no problem. It would be a fitting recognition of an individual that achieved so much for the oppressed, in such a short space of time, and at such a young age.