Bea Lumpkin

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Beatrice Lumpkin is a long time Chicago Communist Party USA activist. She is the wife of Frank Lumpkin and the mother of John Lumpkin.

Birthday Greetings to William "Red" Davis

In December 1995 the Communist Party USA newspaper Peoples Weekly World published a page of 75th birthday greetings to William Davis - "Lifelong working class fighter and Communist"

In the fight for the unity and integrity of the Party in St. Louis, Missouri, in the post-war years, "Red" has been a rock of confidence and commitment to building the Communist Party.

Greetings were sent from Bea Lumpkin and Frank Lumpkin of Illinois^[1].

2000 Chicago PWW banquet

The 2000 banquet, held October 28 at the House of Fortune restaurant featured Congressman Danny Davis as guest speaker.

Local honorees were;

• Jarvis Williams, president SEIU local 46, and vice president Chicago AFL-CIO
• Alice Bush, director District 1199, SEIU Local and leader of last summer's strike against Methodist Hospital in Gary Indiana.
• Bea Lumpkin, author of "Always bring a crowd"
• Jesus Garcia, former member of the Illinois State Legislature and presently director of the Little Village Community Development Center.

A special award went to Evelina Alarcon, co-ordinator to the Cesar E. Chavez Holiday Campaign.

Lance Cohn was a banquet organizer.^[2]

Endorsed Communist Party Call

On March 30 2002 the Communist Party USA paper People’s Weekly World called for a national holiday in honor of late Farm Workers Union leader Cesar Chavez. The article was followed by a long list of endorsers^[3]including Bea Lumpkin, Almost all endorsers were confirmed members of the Communist Party USA.

Communist Party USA

In September 2006 the Peoples Weekly World^[4]listed several members of the Illinois Communist Party USA.

Joan Elbert, Barbara Russum, Bea Lumpkin, William Appelhans, Bill Mackovich, Carolyn Black, Carroll Krois, Dee Myles , Doug Freedman, Frank Lumpkin, John Bachtell, Kevin Collins, Lance Cohn, Mark Almberg, Marguerite Horberg, Martha Pedroza, Mike Giocondo, Pepe Lozano, Roberta Wood, Scott Marshall, Shelby Richardson, Sijisfredo Aviles, Sue Webb, Terrie Albano.

ARA leader

In 2006 Bea Lumpkin was a leader of Illinois Alliance for Retired Americans.^[5]

Honoring Frank Wilkinson

Chicago Committee to Defend the Bill of Rights organized a "Celebration of the The Dynamic Life of Frank Wilkinson (1914-2006)" on Sunday October 29, 2006. Wilkinson had been a leader of the Communist Party USA, the New American Movement and Democratic Socialists of America^[6].

Honoring Committee members included Bea Lumpkin and Frank Lumpkin.

Obama supporter

In 2012 Communist Party USA member Pat Flagg and her friend Bea Lumpkin were supporting the re-election campaign of president Barack Obama, through their association with Seniors for Obama.

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