The Black Avenger

A member of the baby-boom generation growing up in the Lincoln neighborhood of Freedom City, Wilson Jeffers didn't have much, except for his anger and outrage. He came from a poor African-American family, with a father who had been a pilot during the war, and who received a medal for it, but got nothing but grief when he came home.
Wilson ran with a tough crowd, and things might not have gone well for him, if it hadn't been for Morgan Young.
He was a former heavyweight boxing champion who was down on his luck, and Wilson impressed him with his spirit, if not his bad attitude. Morgan took the young man under his wing and got Wilson to spend his afternoons at the local gym rather than getting into trouble. He taught Wilson how to channel his anger into learning how to box; not just to brawl, but to really learn the “sweet science” of it. Wilson was a good student, and became an excellent athlete and boxers, good enough for the pros. He also did better in school, and earned himself a scholarship to Freedom College.
Not long after Wilson graduated from high school, Morgan Young ran into trouble himself with the Mob. He was heavily in debt to support his gym and the gangsters decided to make an example of him. Wilson found his mentor dying.
Although he was too late to save him, he found out who was responsible. Donning a crude mask to protect his identity and his family from retaliation, he went after the Mob hit-men and brought them to justice, the way Morgan taught him. For days after, the Freedom City newspapers asked, “Who Is the Black Avenger?”
The Black Avenger became the folk hero of Lincoln, eventually joining The Freedom League. He served as both a protector of the innocent and a bastion for the cause of equal rights, not just for blacks, but all people.

Current Location

Lincoln

Species

Human

Gender

Male