Nicholas Mwangi 51 years ago on 4th Dec 1969, Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr then chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP), and deputy chairman of the national BPP was assassinated by the Chicago County police in an unlawful raid. Hampton was only 21 years old when he was killed alongside Marl Clark another…
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The Assassination of Fred Hampton: A Short People’s History
Flint Taylor <Chicago cops laugh as they carry Fred Hampton’s bullet-ridded body fromm the murder scene. Hampton’s body was dragged from the bloodstained bed to the hallway floor, to be displayed as the raiders’ trophy “He’s good and dead now.” Introduction Fifty-one years ago this past week, Illinois Black Panther leaders Fred Hampton and Mark…
The FBI’s War on the Left: A Short History of COINTELPRO
Alex Zambito Throughout its history the United States has billed itself as an open society upholding the free exchange of ideas. We are told that, unlike people in less-enlightened countries, Americans do not have to worry about being persecuted for their political beliefs. Of course, this has never been true. From its very inception, the…
Fred Hampton’s Death is Just One Example of the Government’s Covert Disruption of Black Lives
Monique Judge At a rally outside the U.S. Courthouse October 29, 1969, Dr. Benjamin Spock, background, listens to Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party. It was part of a protest against the trial of eight persons accused of conspiracy to cause a riot during the Democratic National Convention in 1968. In the…
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