Ben Chavis

Name: Benjamin Chavis Muhammad



Born: January 22, 1948 in Oxford NC



His Wife is Martha Rivera Chavis and they have 8 children,



He graduated from University of NC with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Ben helped work in a youth meeting for the Southern Christian Leadership Conference on the team with Martin Luther King Jr. He worked to fix the public school system so both whites and blacks can attend school together.



He helped out for the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy in 1986. He also worked as the director and CEO of The National African-American Leadership Summit from 1995-1997.



He taught at a Muslim Church and then decided to change his name to Muhammad. He served as a field officer at The United Church of Christ Commission for radical justice in 1968.

He became the youngest manager of the CEO National person for the team of colored people.

In 1998, he was chosen vice president of the churches. Also he served as a chairman of justice.

Also he wrote 2 books the first one called: An American Political Prisoner and Psalms From Prison. The Whole time he was still in jail from when he made some bad decisions.

Also every day he came from school there was a library that only agreed to let whites in. So one day Ben Chavis tried going in there and checking out a book but then the librarian told him to get out but he wouldn't get out. So she had to get his parents.

Ben Chavis also was the director of the Million Man March in Washington, DC in October 1995. This is one of many great reasons Ben Chavis is important.

By: Reagan W.