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Nov 29, 2023 · Fred Hampton was a leader in the Black Panther Party who was harassed and targeted by local law enforcement and the FBI, resulting in his murder during a police raid on his apartment on...
As a rising leader in the BPP, Hampton became the focus of an FBI investigation. On December 4, 1969, Hampton, along with fellow Black Panther Mark Clark, was murdered. On the evening of December 3, 1969, William O’Neal, who was employed by the FBI to infiltrate the BPP, slipped a powerful sleeping drug into Hampton’s drink then left.
Feb 11, 2021 · Last modified on Thu 11 Feb 2021 02.29 EST. “W herever there’s people, there’s power,” says Fred Hampton (portrayed by Daniel Kaluuya) in the Oscar-tipped drama Judas and the Black Messiah ...
Fred Hampton, in full Frederick Allen Hampton, (born Aug. 30, 1948, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—killed Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago), U.S. civil rights leader and deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party’s Illinois chapter who formed Chicago’s first “Rainbow Coalition.”. He was a target of the FBI’s COINTELPRO program, a secret operation ...
Jan 28, 2019 · By. Nadra Kareem Nittle. Updated on January 28, 2019. Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948–December 4, 1969) was an activist for the NAACP and the Black Panther Party. At age 21, Hampton was fatally shot alongside a fellow activist during a law enforcement raid.
by Emily Mccusker. Fred Hampton was born on August 30, 1948, in Summit, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago. [1] From a young age, he proved himself a capable leader. At Irving Elementary School, he became captain of the school’s Patrol Boys.
The Assassination. by Alicia Maynard. At some point in 1969, the Chicago police and the FBI managed to place a spy, William O’Neal, within the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (ILBPP). O’Neal was Hampton’s trusted friend and bodyguard and was in charge of security the night of Hampton’s murder. [1]
