Fred Hampton
Birthday: 1948-08-30
Place of Birth: Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Biography: From Wikipedia. Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). He was assassinated as he lay in bed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney's Office (SAO), in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hampton's death was chronicled in the 1971 documentary film The Murder of Fred Hampton, as well as an episode of the critically acclaimed documentary series Eyes on the Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Hampton, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Murder of Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton was the leader of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party. This film depicts hi...
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Bastards of the Party
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The FBI's War on Black America
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COINTELPRO 101
COINTELPRO 101 exposes illegal surveillance, disruption, and outright murder committed by the US gov...
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Fred Hampton: Black Panthers in Chicago
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Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
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Growing Up in America
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The First Rainbow Coalition
Chicago 1969: Activists from the Black Panthers, Young Lords, and Young Patriots united African Amer...
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
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All Power to the People!
Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former FBI/CIA ...
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Death of a Black Panther: Fred Hampton
Chronicles he police raid and assassination of American activist Fred Hampton....
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