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Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) served as chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. Hampton was known for his progressive work in brokering a nonaggresion pact between Chicago's most powerful gangs. He also worked to form intraracial and interracial coalitions between the Young Patriots, an organization of white Southerners and the Young Lords, an organization compromised primarily of Latinos. Idenitified as a radical threat by the FBI as early as 1968. Hampton was targeted. In a predawn raid in 1969, Hampton was murdered in his bed along with Peter Clark, a fellow Black Panther.
Note: This informational blog is compiled and reprinted with permission from Abdul Aklaimat, PhD.
Biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZH19ulc_wY
https://www.facebook.com/159587070858171/videos/2226251970956785
Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft3wOPEd28k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_86sT38SjxE
https://vimeo.com/300089609
Documentary video The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) https://youtu.be/d-7JIR1u9qw
https://youtu.be/Wy1gveC3GVs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5QHj0T4q3I
The Black Panthers https://youtu.be/fXt32SRfaDk
The Assassination
https://www.zinnedproject.org/materials/assassination-of-fred-hampton
Legacy
Tricia Rose, Cornel West, Flint Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPQtkXgjzdM
https://www.hamptonthink.org/our-organization-1
Fred Hampton Jr https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVd604413mo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton_Jr. https://web.archive.org/web/20110616123110/http://www.assatashakur.org/forum/siafu-drum-news-portal/2354-fred-hampton-jr-speaks-vibe.html