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Bookmark or Share- Fred Hampton | Say Their Names - Spotlight at StanfordFred Hampton was assassinated by police. As a result of the illegal COINTELPRO program and documents associated with the killings, scholars now widely consider Fred’s death an assassination under the FBI's initiative.
- Biography of Fred Hampton, Black Panther Party Leader - ThoughtCoHad the Chicago Police not killed Fred Hampton, he would have been named chief of staff of the Black Panther Party's central committee, making him a key spokesman for the group. Hampton never got that opportunity, but he has not been forgotten.
- Fred Hampton | Biography, Black Panthers, Death, & Civil Rights ...Fred Hampton, African American civil rights leader and deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party’s Illinois chapter who formed the city of Chicago’s first ‘Rainbow Coalition.’ He was killed in 1969 during a raid on his residence by Chicago police officers.
- Fred Hampton - WikipediaIn early October, Hampton and his girlfriend Deborah Johnson (now known as Akua Njeri), who was pregnant with their child (Fred Hampton Jr.), rented a four-and-a-half-room apartment at 2337 West Monroe Street to be closer to BPP headquarters. O'Neal reported to his superiors that much of the Panthers' "provocative" arms stockpile was stored there.
- The 1969 Raid That Killed Black Panther Leader Fred HamptonBlack Panther Fred Hampton testifies at a meeting on the death of West Side men in 1969. The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was formed in 1966 by a pair of Black college students in...
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