Marion Stamps | |
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 1982 photograph of Stamps speaking at a Chicago city forum | |
| Born | M. Marion Adams May 28, 1945 Jackson, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | August 28, 1996 (aged 51) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Other names | Queen Nzinga Sister Marion Mother Marion Queen of Cabrini Mother of Cabrini |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation(s) | Activist Member of Illinois chapter Black Panther Party |
| Organization | Chicago Housing Tenants Organization |
| Known for | Activism against the displacement and treatment of Cabrini-Green housing project residents in Chicago. |
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.