Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. was an African American revolutionary and political activist who served as deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party, a Marxist-Leninist and black power organization from 1
Hampton speaking at a rally in Grant Park, Chicago, September 1969
Hampton and Benjamin Spock (right) at a protest rally outside the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, October 1969
Site of Black Panther Party Raid, Fred Hampton's Death
The bed and room where Hampton was fatally shot during the raid, showing a large amount of blood on his side of the mattress and numerous bullet holes in the walls
The Black Panther Party was an American Marxist–Leninist and black power political and militant organization founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in 1966 which was active until 1982. Between 1968
Fred Hampton
…Allen Hampton Sr. (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African American revolutionary and political activist who served as deputy chairman of the Black Panther Party, a Marxist-Leninist and black power organization from 1966 until his assassination in 1969. He was also chair of the Illinois chapter and founded the…
Original six members of the Black Panther Party (1966): Top left to right: Elbert "Big Man" Howard, Huey P. Newton (Defense Minister), Sherwin Forte, Bobby Seale (Chairman); Bottom: Reggie Forte and Little Bobby Hutton (Treasurer).
An issue of the Black Panther Party newspaper from July 1970.
Black Panther Party founders Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton standing in the street, armed with a Colt .45 and a shotgun
Black Panther convention, Lincoln Memorial, June 19, 1970