Did you know when Fred Hampton was 19 years old he became the president of his NAACP Youth Council? A year after that he was recruited by Bobby Rush, a founder of the Chicago Illinois chapter of The Black Panther Party. He had so much charisma when he spoke that he quickly rose through the ranks and at age 21 he began to build and lead the chapters members. In 1969 he aligned himself with a coalition of activists within the same economic class but different racial background. Their name was The Rainbow Coalition (The Black Panthers, The Young Lords, and The Young Patriots). Then the FBI, under the leadership of J. Edgar Hoover deemed The Black Panther Party the number one threat to the internal security of the United States of America. Their tactics to destroy the Panthers were straight up unlawful. Several of the party’s leaders were killed or imprisoned under false pretense. On December 4th Fred Hampton was met with ninety bullets in his bed laying next to his 9-month pregnant wife. History has shown us time and time again when people are effective in creating change within their local communities they are killed. And the darker they are the more brutal the punishment. Across cultures. This was 55 years ago. This is our recent history.
enemies too.