Fred Hampton Born_August 30, 1948 - Taken_December 4, 1969

Let's Remember Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton Born August 30, 1948

Fred Hampton was a dynamic young Black leader who was eliminated before reaching the prime of his life. Before his death at 21 years of age Hampton along with many other young Black men of his caliber, during the mid to late sixties, had begun to organize the people with the aim of becoming self reliant, to take control of their own communities and to take responsibility for the defense of their neighborhoods. Please share the story of Fred Hampton  in order for young people today to have the knowledge of the sacrifices that Fred Hampton and his courageous confreres made so that we might continue to strive for self sufficiency, security and prosperity in our places of birth.

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Davey D interviews Bobby Seale -History of the Black Panthers ( Breakdow...

DaveyD has conducted some of my favorite interviews. Here Bobby Seale recounts the orgin of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.

The Assassination of Fred Hampton How the FBI and the Chicago Police Mur...

 (Remembering Fred Hampton, the Guardian, November 29, 1989) Twenty years ago, I interviewed then-Alderman Bobby Rush and Hampton’s fiance, Akua Njeri. One of the things they recalled – which resonates strongly today – was his role deterring gang warfare. “He felt the gang element was uneducated, but they were not the enemy; they were victims,” said Njeri. “Fred believed he should sit down with them and explain how they were being used by the system to kill their own people.” “He felt the gangs could be stimulated and organized and persuaded to go in a direction that was less counterproductive,” said Rush. “He would try to talk to various gang leaders and establish a rapport. And they respected Fred. They respected his leadership ability, they respected his commitment, they respected his courage. “He could speak the language of the gang-banger, and had Fred lived he would have had a major influence on curtailing gang activity in the city of Chicago and transforming those gangs into more of a constructive political force,” Rush said. (Hampton was 21 when he was killed.) read more