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Biography of Hank Adams
Name: Hank Adams
Birth Date: 1944
Death Date: N/A
Place of Birth: Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: Native American rights activist, executive director
Hank Adams
Originally a staunch supporter of the Kennedys, Hank Adams (born 1944) moved into the arena of Native American activism in 1964. Eventually he became the director of the Survival of American Indians Association, a group dedicated to the Indian treaty-fishing rights battle.Hank Adams was born in 1944 on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in Montana at a place known as Wolf Point, but more commonly referred to as Poverty Flats. He graduated in 1961 from Moclips High School, where he was student-body president, editor of the school newspaper and annual, and a starting football and basketball player. Following graduation he developed an interest in politics and moved to California where he was a staunch supporter of President John F. Kennedy and a campaign worker for the president's brother, Robert F. Kennedy, in the 1968 Democratic primary.In 1964, Adams played a behind-the-scenes role when actor Marlon Brando and a thousand Indians marched on the Washington …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…right to vote because of colorU.S. National System of Interstate Highways was establishedAn American Dilemma by Swedish sociologist Gunnar Myrdal explored history of U.S. black-white relationsFranklin D. Roosevelt was president of the United StatesThe times:1939-1945: World War II1950-1953: Korean War1957-1975: Vietnam WarAdams's contemporaries:Jesse Jackson (1941-) American politician and civil rights leaderAngela Davis (1944-) American political activistBob Marley (1945-1981) Jamaican reggae musicianSteven Biko (1946-1977) South African political activistBill Clinton (1946-) American presidentOctavia E. Butler (1947-) American writerSelected world events:1945: Television was licensed for commercial use in the U.S.1948: Apartheid instituted in South Africa1952: McCarran-Walter Act restricted entry of certain immigrants to U.S.1954: U.S. Supreme Court declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional1955: Martin Luther King, Jr. leads bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama1962: Native Americans received voting rights1972: Terrorists kidnapped and killed Israeli athletes at Munich Olympic Games1981: U.S. hostages in Iran are released1990: Nelson Mandela released from prison in South Africa
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