Fred Hampton

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• SOURCE: Jacobin
  3/2/2021
  

  Newly Obtained FBI Files Shed New Light on the Murder of Fred Hampton

  by Aaron J. Leonard and Conor A. Gallagher

  New documents shed further light on the involvement of the FBI in the 1969 assassination of Chicago Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton, who is the subject of the new film "Judas and the Black Messiah." 

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• SOURCE: Medium
  2/16/2021
  

  Why Fred Hampton Needs to Be on Your Kids’ American History Syllabus

  Writer and poet Scott Woods developed a political consciousness watching a 1971 documentary on the assassination of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton. He was prepared to be disappointed by the new "Judas and the Black Messiah" but argues the film tells a story that is more important than ever.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  2/10/2021
  

  "Judas and the Black Messiah" Is an American Tragedy

  The performances of the lead actors in "Judas and the Black Messiah" elevate the story of Chicago Black Panther leader Fred Hampton's assassination by the police and FBI to a complex story of the Black freedom movement. 

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• SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
  2/9/2021
  

  What ‘Defund the Police’ Really Means

  by Simon Balto

  The debate about "defunding police" must return to the community-driven vision of activists like assassinated Black Panther Fred Hampton, who envisioned a program of community empowerment that could divert the vast resources spent on policing toward other social ends.