Marion Stamps, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marion Stamps

American activist

Date of Birth: 28-May-1945

Place of Birth: Jackson, Mississippi, United States

Date of Death: 28-Aug-1996

Profession: activist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Marion Nzinga Stamps (born M.
Marion Adams; May 28, 1945 – August 28, 1996) was an African-American community activist who fought for equal rights of public housing residents in the Cabrini-Green housing project on the Near-North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
She helped to elect Chicago's first African-American mayor, Harold Washington, by organizing a massive voter registration drive in 1983.
She was aggressive in her fights to make sure that residents of housing developments had voices regarding their violent and harsh living conditions in public housing.
In 1993, Stamps began working with many gang leaders throughout Chicago to help end growing violence.
In 1994 she and others successfully navigated what remains the only citywide gang truce in Chicago's history.