Fred Hampton

CTL-E-0082 · Person · activist · 1960s

Verified evidence grade of this record

Chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party, killed in a 1969 Chicago police raid.

The record

Also known as: Fredrick Allen Hampton

Relationships

Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party — affiliated with
The Congressional Record identifies Fred Hampton as chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.

Referenced by

Bobby Rush — related to → this record
Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party — founded by → this record

Sources

Chicago History Museum collections (primary source)
Chicago Tribune retrospective coverage

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Crowd outside of fashionable Negro church after Easter Sunday service, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

Negro grocery store, Black Belt, Chicago, Illinois, Chicago, 1941Photo: Rosskam, Edwin, 1903-1985, FSA-OWI, Public Domain, via Library of Congress

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