# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/benjamin-chavis
# Generated: 2026-09-07T19:17:05.153Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/benjamin-chavis"
name: "Benjamin Chavis"
slug: "benjamin-chavis"
description: "Benjamin Franklin Chavis Jr. is an African-American activist, author, journalist, and the current president and CEO of the National Newspaper Publishers Association. He serves as national co-chair for the political organization No Labels. In 1997 he converted to Islam and took the name Benjamin Chavis Muhammad."
tagline: "American activist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dr._Benjamin_F._Chavis%2C_Jr._crop.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Activists"
  slug: "activists"
profileType:
  name: "Activist"
  slug: "activist"
birthDate: "1948-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           45.79
  momentum:             0.1247165532879819
  historical:           6.197629333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     59.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/drbenchavis"
    handle:    "drbenchavis"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/dr.bchavis"
    handle:    "dr.bchavis"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-benjamin-f-chavis-jr-27021342/"
    handle:    "dr-benjamin-f-chavis-jr-27021342"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://drbenjaminfchavisjr.wixsite.com/drbfc"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/1137253"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D9%86_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%81%D9%8A%D8%B2"
    title: "بنجامين تشافيز"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Chavis"
    title: "Benjamin Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Chavis"
    title: "Benjamin Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "بنجامین چاویس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Chavis"
    title: "Benjamin Chavis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/c1c3383e-d0f7-4112-96b6-f38917df6aa2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4888389"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump