Cleopatra Pendleton

CTL-E-4938 · Person · clergy · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

Founder, Hadiya's Promise; mother of Hadiya Pendleton (panelist). Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Chicago's Homicide Crisis' (2016-06-20).

Notes

BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: Founder, Hadiya's Promise; mother of Hadiya Pendleton (panelist). Civic lenses: 06 Public Safety & Violence Prevention, 02 Civil Rights & Justice. Programs: Chicago's Homicide Crisis (2016-06-20). Identity verification: "The Mothers of the Movement is a group made up of African American women... Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of 15-year old Hadiya Pendleton" — Ohio University doctoral dissertation (OUCI/ETD). Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Relationships

City Club of Chicago: Chicago's Homicide Crisis — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "Chicago's Homicide Crisis" (2016-06-20). Role at time: Founder, Hadiya's Promise; mother of Hadiya Pendleton (panelist).

Sources

Identity evidence: "The Mothers of the Movement is a group made up of African American women... Cleopatra Pendleton-Cowley, mother of 15-year old Hadiya Pendleton" — Ohio University doctoral dissertation (OUCI/ETD)
City Club of Chicago program: Chicago's Homicide Crisis (2016-06-20) — http://cityclub-chicago.org/video/1110/chicago-homicide-crisis (primary source)

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