Profile via TMDB · Courtesy of TMDB
Fred Hampton
Sign in to saveAfrican-American activist (1948-1969)
Film & TV
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
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…
Known for
- Bill Russell: Legend — Self (archive footage)2023
- I am Revolutionary — Self (archive footage)2020
- The First Rainbow Coalition — Self (archive footage)2019
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)2015
- COINTELPRO 101 — Self (archive footage)2010
- Bastards of the Party — Self (archive footage)2005
- All Power to the People! — Self (archive footage)1996
- The FBI's War on Black America — Self (archive footage)1990
- Growing Up in America — Self (archive footage)1989
- The Murder of Fred Hampton — Self (archive footage)1971
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Fredrick Allen Hampton , ( 1948-08-30 ) August 30, 1948, Chicago , Illinois, U.S.
- Died
- December 4, 1969 (1969-12-04) (aged 21), Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
- Cause of death
- Assassination ( gunshot wounds )
- Other name
- Chairman Fred
- Education
- Triton College
- Occupations
- Activist, revolutionary
- Years active
- 1966–1969
- Known for
- Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party
- Political party
- Black Panther
- Partner
- Akua Njeri
- Children
- Fred Hampton Jr.
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Fred
- Family name
- Hampton
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Summit
- Place of death
- Chicago
- Spouse
- Akua Njeri
- Occupation
- social activist
- Political party
- Black Panther Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Fred Hampton speaks at a rally in Grant Park, Chicago, 1969 crop.jpg
Show 8 more facts
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Black Lunch Table
- killed by
- police
- member of
- Black Panther Party
- date of birth
- 1948-08-30
- date of death
- 1969-12-04
- cause of death
- gunshot wound
- start of work period
- 1966-00-00
- Commons category
- Fred Hampton
via Wikidata · CC0
~39 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African American activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in his late teens and early 20s in Chicago as deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and chair of the Illinois chapter. He founded the anti-racist, anti-classist Rainbow Coalition, a prominent multicultural political organization that initially included Black Panthers (which organized African Americans), Young Patriots (which organized White Southerners), and the Young Lords (which organized Puerto Ricans), and an alliance among major Chicago street gangs to help them end infighting and work for social change. Hampton was a Marxist–Leninist, and he considered fascism the greatest threat to African American communities.
In 1967, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) identified Hampton as a radical threat. It tried to subvert his activities in Chicago, sowing disinformation among black progressive groups and placing a counterintelligence operative in the local Panthers organization. In December 1969, Hampton was drugged, then shot and killed in his bed during a predawn raid at his Chicago apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, who received aid from the Chicago Police Department and the FBI leading up to the attack. Law enforcement sprayed more than 100 gunshots throughout the apartment; the occupants fired once. During the raid, Panther Mark Clark was also killed and several others were seriously wounded. In January 1970, the Cook County Coroner held an inquest; the coroner's jury concluded that Hampton's and Clark's deaths were justifiable homicides.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fred Hampton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.