The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)

19711h 29mdir. Howard AlkUnited Statesdocumentary film

With Fred Hampton, Rennie Davis, Edward Hanrahan, Bobby Rush

Directed by Howard Alk

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The Murder of Fred Hampton is a 1971 American documentary film about the short life and death of Fred Hampton, a young African-American civil rights activist in Chicago and leader of the Illinois Black Panther Party. During the film's production, Hampton was fatally shot on December 4, 1969, in a pre-dawn raid at his apartment by the Chicago Police Department. The raid was revealed to have been organized in cooperation with the FBI.

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