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{{Infobox person|name=Fred Hampton|image=Fred Hampton.png|birth_date=August 30, 1948|birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States|death_date=December 4, 1969|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, United States|death_cause=Assassination by gunshot}}
{{Infobox person|name=Fred Hampton|image=Fred Hampton.png|birth_date=August 30, 1948|birth_place=[[Chicago]], [[Illinois]], United States|death_date=December 4, 1969|death_place=Chicago, Illinois, United States|death_cause=Assassination by gunshot}}


'''Fred Hampton''' (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]]<ref>{{Citation|author=Fred Hampton|year=1969|title=It's A Class Struggle Goddammit!|title-url=https://www.lfks.net/en/content/fred-hampton-its-class-struggle-goddammit-november-1969}}</ref> and member of the [[Black Panther Party]]. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] drugged and assassinated him at the age of 21.<ref>{{Citation|author=Jakobi Williams|year=2013|title=From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w48RL7fwRroC&pg=PA185#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9780807838167}}</ref>
'''Frederick Allen Hampton''' (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Marxism–Leninism|Marxist-Leninist]]<ref>{{Citation|author=Fred Hampton|year=1969|title=It's A Class Struggle Goddammit!|title-url=https://www.lfks.net/en/content/fred-hampton-its-class-struggle-goddammit-november-1969}}</ref> and member of the [[Black Panther Party]]. The [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] drugged and assassinated him at the age of 21.<ref>{{Citation|author=Jakobi Williams|year=2013|title=From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago|title-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w48RL7fwRroC&pg=PA185#v=onepage&q&f=false|isbn=9780807838167}}</ref>


== Early life ==
== Early life ==
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Fred Hampton
BornAugust 30, 1948
Chicago, Illinois, United States
DiedDecember 4, 1969
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Cause of deathAssassination by gunshot


Frederick Allen Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was a Statesian Marxist-Leninist[1] and member of the Black Panther Party. The FBI drugged and assassinated him at the age of 21.[2]

Early life

Hampton graduated high school in 1966 and studied pre-law in college.[3]

Political activism

Hampton joined the Black Panther Party at the age of 18. He founded the Rainbow Coalition, a multiracial alliance between the Black Panthers, Young Lords, Young Patriots, SDS, Brown Berets, and Red Guard Party.[3]

See also

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