Fred Hampton
August 30, 1948 (76 years old) in 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 Investigation (FBI). Hampton's death was chronicled in the 1971 documentary film The Murder of Fred Hampton, as well as an episode of the critically acclaimed documentary series Eyes on the Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Hampton, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- 2023 ·Bill Russell: Legendas Self (archive footage)
- 2019 ·The First Rainbow Coalitionas Self (archive footage)
- 2015 ·The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolutionas Self - Black Panther Party (archive footage)
- 2010 ·COINTELPRO 101as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 ·Bastards of the Partyas Self (archive footage)
- 1996 ·All Power to the People!as Self (archive footage)
- 1990 ·The FBI's War on Black Americaas Self (archive footage)
- 1989 ·Growing Up in Americaas Self (archive footage)
- 1971 ·The Murder of Fred Hamptonas Self (archive footage)
- 1971 ·Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Familyas Self
- 1969 ·Fred Hampton: Black Panthers in Chicagoas Self