Fred Hampton (1948–1969)
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- On the Relevance of Fred Hampton and the
Black Panther Party
- 25 January 1998. A general article with bibliography,
written to satisfy the heavy demand for material on Fred
Hampton, with the needs of youth in mind.
- Akua Njeri, Widow of Fred Hampton, Guests
on SFLR
- Excerpted from SFLR News, 3 September 1999. Radio
interview with Akua Njeri, a long time soldier and freedom
fighter, former member of the Black Panther Party, Chicago
Chapter, and wife of the late, great revolutionary Fred
Hampton.
- Remember Fred Hampton & Mark Clark
- National People's Democratic Uhuru Movement, 3
December 1997. December 4, 1997 marks the 28th anniversary
of the assassination/police murder of Brothers Fred Hampton
and Mark Clark. These brothers were murdered by the Chicago
Police in its effort to stop the Black Panther Party for
Self Defense from unititng with organized gang families and
thereby unifying the people.
- In Honor of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark: Executed
by Chicago Cops—Dec. 4, 1969
- By Bruce A. Dixon, The Black Commentator, 7
December 2004. Bruce A. Dixon, then a member of the Illinois Black
Panther Party, offers these recollections of Hampton.
- Power Anywhere Where There's People!
- Speech by Fred Hampton, delivered at the Olivet Church, 1969,
The Freedom Archives, 4 December 2006.
- Fred Hampton 1948–1969
- The Black Commentator, issue 67, 4 December 2003,
reprint from African-American Publications, n.d.
To members of Chicago's African American community in the
late 1960s, no leader was more inspiring, more articulate, or
more effective than Fred Hampton.