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 ...

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Studios didn’t exactly jump at the chance to make a movie about the late Black Panther chairman Fred Hampton. “It knocked me on my ass,” admits Shaka King, the co-writer and director of “Judas and the ...

The childhood home of Fred Hampton will now serve as a museum, community garden, and recording studio. With the release of Judas and the Black Messiah over the weekend, millions of people were likely ...

International Revolutionary Day, marked each year on December 4th, is a day of remembrance and reflection on the radical struggle for liberation embodied by Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party.

A GoFundMe effort called Save the Hampton House, started in December, has now surpassed its $350,000 goal. The childhood home of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton will soon become a community center, ...

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 ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Athens-Clarke County Library hosted the Rainbow Coalition Potluck in honor of ...

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 Side. Hampton's friends and ...

Daniel Kaluuya portrays Fred Hampton in the upcoming film Judas and the Black Messiah. Ahead of the release of Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel Kaluuya recently spoke about portraying Fred Hampton, ...