Fred Shaw Jr.
Minister Fred Shaw Jr. is an author, activist, speaker, pastor, and humanitarian. A proud Compton native, he served as a Sheriff’s Deputy leading youth programs, ran for mayor, and has twice held the presidency of NAACP branches in Compton and Inglewood-South Bay. As the international spokesperson for the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) and President of the Inglewood-South Bay NAACP, he has fought for decades to protect children, challenge racism in the psychiatric industry, and defend families’ rights against forced drugging. His work helped pass the federal Child Medication Safety Act and launched a national task force exposing the industry’s long history of stigmatizing and exploiting minorities. Following in the footsteps of his late mother, Marcine Shaw—a fierce human rights advocate—Rev. Shaw remains a tireless voice for justice, education, and equality