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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> | '''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> | ||
== Early life == | |||
Hampton graduated high school in 1966 and studied pre-law in college.<ref name=":0">{{Web citation|author=Michaela Warnsley|newspaper=[[Liberation School]]|title=Chairman Fred Hampton: an Exemplary Life|date=2015-12-28|url=https://liberationschool.org/chairman-fred-hampton-an-exemplary-life/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211026153611/https://liberationschool.org/chairman-fred-hampton-an-exemplary-life/|archive-date=2021-10-26|retrieved=2022-10-08}}</ref> | |||
== 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]], [[Students for a Democratic Society|SDS]], [[Brown Berets]], and [[Red Guard Party]].<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== See also == | |||
* [[Malcolm X]] | |||
* [[Huey P. Newton]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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| Born | August 30, 1948 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | December 4, 1969 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Cause of death | Assassination by gunshot |
Fred 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
References
- ↑ Fred Hampton (1969). It's A Class Struggle Goddammit!.
- ↑ Jakobi Williams (2013). From the Bullet to the Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago. ISBN 9780807838167
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Michaela Warnsley (2015-12-28). "Chairman Fred Hampton: an Exemplary Life" Liberation School. Archived from the original on 2021-10-26. Retrieved 2022-10-08.