Remembering The Politics Of Fred Hampton’s Assassination By Chicago Police
UPDATED 6:00 a.m. EDT, Dec. 4, 2020 — Fred Hampton, one of the major figures in the original Black Panther Party that rose to prominence during the civil rights era in the 1960s, was assassinated on Dec. 4, 1969. Friday marks the 51st year since he was killed by police in an example of the…