According to Jakobi Williams, a professor and historian, it was Hampton's work with the Rainbow Coalition that led to his assassination On Dec. 5, several events in the City of Chicago are set to ...

Those savvy in the city’s Black history might know where Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, Chicago’s first non-native resident, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- "Judas and the Black Messiah" dramatizes the life and death of Fred Hampton, the former chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party who was killed by Chicago police during a raid on ...

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MAYWOOD — The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historical ...

CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) -- Fred Hampton Sr., a Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed in Chicago during a 1969 police raid, received an honorary street name on Saturday on the Near West ...

As the world mourns the tragic passing of legendary actor Chadwick Boseman, known for his stirring depictions of iconic Black figures such as Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and the ...

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Demorris Burrows as Fred Hampton in India Nicole Burton's Measure of a Man with Coalescence Theatre Credit: Erin B. Measure of a Man, produced by Coalescence Theatre and directed by ILesa Duncan, ...

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On Hard Knock Radio, host Davey D checks in withChairmanFredHampton Jr. of the Black Panther Party Cubs to unpack the fast-moving situation in Chicago and the wider national climate. From the talk of ...