Fred Hampton, (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, comments on the revolutionary activity of the Weathermen Underground.
[He was killed while sleeping in his apartment during a raid by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State’s Attorney’s Office, in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 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.]
