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(BLACK PANTHERS.) HAMP-
TON, FRED.
“If we worry about
what’s going to happen to us, we
couldn’t accomplish anything . . .
The more they try to come down on
us, the more we’ll expose them for
what they are. . . . PIGS.”
Photographic poster of Fred Hampton, 23
x 17
1
⁄
2
inches. A pristine copy.
Berkley: Berkley Graphic Arts, circa 1970
[800/1,200]
Fred Hampton, (1948-1969) was an African-
American activist and deputy chairman of the
Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party
(BPP). 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
(SAO), in conjunction with the Chicago Police
Department (CPD) and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI). 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.
207
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(BLACK PANTHERS.) HAMPTON, FRED.
Fred Hampton Deputy
Chairman Ill. Chapter Black Panther Party . . . Born Aug. 30, 1948. Assassinated
Dec. 4, 1969.
Black and white photographic poster with an image of Hampton, 18 x 25
inches; a couple of small holes in the blank margin; several tiny nicks in the area of his left
shoulder.
Chicago, 1969
[1,000/1,500]
Hampton 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.
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