Fred Hampton
African-American activist (1948-1969) · United States · On the map · Activists · Died at 21
Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr. was an African American activist and revolutionary socialist. He came to prominence in his late teens and early 20s in Chicago as deputy chairman of the national Black Panther Party and chair of the Illinois chapter.
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Hampton in a 1966 yearbook
Hampton and Benjamin Spock (right) at a protest rally outside the Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago, October 1969
Site of Black Panther Party Raid, Fred Hampton's Death
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Mourners passing the bier of Hampton. His funeral in December was attended by over 5,000 people.About this person
He founded the anti-racist, anti-classist Rainbow Coalition, a prominent multicultural political organization that initially included Black Panthers, Young Patriots, and the Young Lords, and an alliance among major Chicago street gangs to help them end infighting and work for social change. Hampton was a Marxist-Leninist, and he considered fascism the greatest threat to African American communities.
