Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton was a member of the Black Panther Party (BPP) in Chicago, Illinois. He was the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the BBP and the deputy chairman of the national BPP. He is mainly known for the way he died in 1969, aged 21. His apartment was raided on December 4th. In a gun battle lasting 20 minutes, Hampton was shot. Mark Clark, was also killed and four other Panthers were wounded. In spite of a ballistics report that showed the 14 police officers fired almost all the bullets in the raid, a grand jury failed to indict anyone. Hampton’s family later filed a civil suit, eventually winning the case with a $1.8 million settlement. The background and events of Hampton's death have been made into several documentary movies.

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 Other websites 

 "The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther" - video report by Democracy Now! December 4, 2009.
  (A 1971 documentary film directed by Howard Alk)
 FBI files on Fred Hampton
 "Power Anywhere Where There's People" A Speech By Fred Hampton
  Death of a Black Panther: The Fred Hampton Story: is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Category:1948 births
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