Henry Hampton

Henry Hampton was an American filmmaker. He was the son of surgeon Henry Hampton Sr. and Julia Veva Hampton.

Henry was raised on Laclede Station Rd. in Richmond Heights, Mo, a suburb adjacent to the western edge of the city of St. Louis. Henry lived on the eastern edge of an all black working class community.

Date of birth:
8th January, 1940
Date of death:
22nd November, 1998
"Food might be more immediately important than history but if you don’t understand what’s been done to you – by your own people and the so-called “they” – you can never get around it."
― Henry Hampton
Topic(s): Food

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