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HOBO could close in December, PAGE 3
OCTOBER 24, 2018
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A monument in the making Despite foreclosure threat, Hampton’s childhood home has seeds of cultural institution By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
Even though he’s currently fighting to secure his status as legal owner of the twostory multiunit property where his father, Fred Hampton Sr., grew up, Fred Hampton Jr. has still attempted to turn the property at 804 S. 17th Ave. in Maywood into a living museum. Hampton Jr. — the chairman of the Black Panther Party Cubs, a second-generation offshoot of the Black Panther Party — has painted the walls inside of the second-floor apartment where his father was raised sky blue, the official color of the Panther Cubs. A sky blue bench has been installed just off of the outside entryway. A large sign bearing the Panther Cub logo covers the apartment’s large middle window. Inside of the house into which Iberia and Francis, Hampton Sr.’s parents, moved in 1958, photos of struggle line the walls. Hampton Jr. gave a tour of the apartment to a crowd of a few dozen people on Oct. 21, shortly after representatives with See HAMPTON HOME MUSEUM on page 4
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BREATHE, THEN FIGHT: Fred Hampton Jr.’s efforts to save the boyhood home of his late father, slain Black Panther Fred Hampton Sr. received a boost of momentum on Sunday, when supporters learned a pending foreclosure auction had been stayed.
Fred Hampton’s boyhood home saved — for now An Oct. 23 foreclosure sale has been canceled as attorneys try to establish ownership By MICHAEL ROMAIN Editor
The childhood home of slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton, 804 S. 17th Ave. in Maywood, will not be up for auction
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this week, as was originally scheduled, buying community leaders some more time in their attempts to keep the home in the Hampton family. The ongoing ordeal, many community
leaders said, should nonetheless serve as an opportunity for many people to learn about the factors that led to the home going into foreclosure in the first place. See HAMPTON HOME on page 5
“A man has only one life and if during it he has no great environment, no community, he has been irreparably robbed of a human right,” -Paul Goodman
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