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The assassination of Fred Hampton : how the FBI and the Chicago police murdered a Black Panther / Jeffrey Haas.
"On December 4, 1969, attorney Jeff Haas was in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fiancée. She described how the police pulled her from the room as Fred lay unconscious on their bed. She heard one officer say, 'He's still alive.' She then heard two shots. A second officer said, 'He's good and dead now.' She looked at Jeff and asked, "What can you do?" Fifty years later, Haas finds that there is still an urgent need for the revolutionary systemic changes Hampton was organizing to accomplish. With a new preface discussing what has changed--and what has not--The Assassination of Fred Hampton remains Haas's personal account of how he and People's Law Office partner Flint Taylor pursued Hampton's assassins, ultimately prevailing over unlimited government resources and FBI conspiracy. Not only a story of justice delivered, this book puts Hampton in the spotlight as a dynamic community leader and an inspiration in the ongoing fight against injustice and police brutality."-- Page [4] of cover.
Item details
- ISBN: 1641603216
- ISBN: 9781641603218
- Physical Description: xx, 380 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Edition: Updated edition, revised paperback edition.
- Publisher: Chicago : Lawrence Hill Books, 2019.
- Copyright: ©2019
Contents / Notes
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (367-371) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Rendezvous with death. Meeting a revolutionary ; Born and bred in Atlanta ; Young Fred Hampton, an early activist ; Chicago, becoming a lawyer ; Fred and the rise of the Panthers ; Convergence ; Struggle in the streets: PLO begins ; Panthers versus police ; Last glimpse ; A knock at the door ; Hanrahan versus Panthers -- Part II. Exposing the murder. "A northern lynching" ; The battle for hearts and minds ; Farewell to a revolutionary ; Panthers indicted ; The survivors go public ; A puzzling victory ; Sue the bastards ; Shootout in Carbondale ; Vietnam and protest ; The Carbondale trial ; Prosecuting Hanrahan ; Revolt at Attica ; Two bad decisions -- Part III. The FBI's clandestine operation. The snitch ; Back in court ; Floor plan for murder ; On the trail of COINTELPRO ; Groth's informant ; Hiding COINTELPRO ; Number one on the "hit" parade -- Part IV. Injustice on trial. Opening day ; "I am no Solomon" ; The deluge ; O'Neal gets a bonus ; December 4, revisited ; An honest FBI man ; Witness O'Neal ; The shooters ; Facing Hanrahan and jail ; Fred, the "Messiah" ; A shameful end ; Boiling over ; Rock bottom ; Out of the abyss -- Part V. Vindication. A victory ; Onward ; Seize the time. |
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