Why the US government murdered Fred Hampton
What we aren't taught about the Black Panther Party.
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On December 4th, 1969, the Black Panther Party’s Illinois Chairman Fred Hampton was murdered by police. But his story is about much more than the raid that took his life. The movement Hampton helped create was unique, and revolutionary.
In the late 1960s, Fred Hampton helped lead a coalition of activists, working across racial lines against a corrupt city government that threatened their communities. At the core of their work were social programs, including free breakfasts, health clinics, and legal aid. Hampton named the group the Rainbow Coalition. And because of their impact, it wasn’t long before they got the attention of the police and the FBI. What followed was an assassination, and a coverup.
Watch “The Murder of Fred Hampton” www.chicagofilmarchives.org/pr... and “American Revolution 2”: www.chicagofilmarchives.org/pr...
Read “From The Bullet To The Ballot: The Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party and Racial Coalition Politics in Chicago”: uncpress.org/book/97814696221...
Read “Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party” www.ucpress.edu/book/97805202...
Check out www.savethehamptonhouse.org/
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To believe he was like 21 years old, motivating and giving speeches. That’s a lot of charisma, belief and power a young man was able to influence on his people
Who?
? -!
A lot of black leaders were assassinated Martin Luther and Malcolm X too
I was entranced by his speech throughout the video! If only he lived longer, he'll be America's equivalent of Mandela or Gandhi
@@gogertonherface5849 sad
Government: we need the 2nd ammendment Black Panthers: we do too Government: No
No
@@mangonel Cop: Shoots a white criminal Scot free Cop: Shoots a black criminal GUILTY... Also, neither one of the things you said are common occurrences.
The 2nd amendment isn't for the government. Why would they need it? Now imagine a bunch of white supremacists formed an armed militia. That's what the Black Panthers are.
There is no need to imagine... there are already plenty of white supremacists armed militias... Are you living under a rock? You know that the majority of domestic terrorism is committed by white supremacists against minorities?
Why would terrorist groups be allowed freedom?
Imagine all the generations of children who benefit from free breakfast, myself included, who aren't taught in school where that program came from.
School breakfast is great way to improve academic performance. It's really hard to do math on an empty stomach, particularly the harder high school level math.
I didn’t know the panthers did that
Do you also pray to Steve Jobs for your portable phone?
The fact that they were considered radical for litteral BARE MINIMUM social policies is ridiculous
It still kindof feels like it today. At least it's not as vsd
They are using the same tactics now for Antifa and Stop Cop City organizers
They were very radical in the sense that they were anti-capitalist
@@noahelbaraka1893and black and armed!
@@handsfortoothpicks no? Vsd?
The Black Panther Party has to be one of the most misrepresented and underrated organisations in American history
@Thato Mogale it is and was, but the modern day variation is a far cry from the organization my Uncles and older cousins were a part of.
Aah yes, the very party that physically tortured their own members and raided a government building with guns
This video misrepresents Fred as some sort of aoc figure, when really he was much closer to Mao Zedong or Che Guevara
@@rithvikmuthyalapati9754 the same government that never fixed the issues of the poor and black? Yeah
@@cottonball5499 nah they didn’t, they clearly stated how Fred is an anti capitalist revolutionary who works for and with the people, that’s not aoc.
I Gotta give my respect to my English Teacher who fought the school's curriculum to teach us about the death of Fred Hampton when I was in the 11th grade.
What about the death of George Lincoln Rockwell?
Good on your teacher!
And I’m glad that this video recognized the anti-capitalist point of view that the party strongly held but yet seems to slip from the story telling of most movies and videos about the Panthers.
in English? wouldnt that be more of an American History thing?
@@Kaotix_music it was a homework after we read Malcolm X book, none of my history teachers taught us that.
I took a Black Power Movement class and we learned about the BPP and I swear it just made me angrier. The BPP was not a threat but was only deemed as a threat bc they did something that scared the US, which was unite oppressed groups together. Imagine what the rainbow coalition could’ve been today had Fred not been killed. The U.S thrives off of division because it makes it easier to control certain groups. That’s why things such as racism and classism exist.
There were good points and bad points about the bpp. They definitely weren't saints like this video seems to make out
@rjr you knew some of them personally?
@@RyanRostron what where the bad and the good in your opinion expound
Anything other pale, is deemed a THREAT... divide & conquer has always been the tactic in, everrrrything... 🤨
@@weeb6316 o.k. compared to paleness...
No history book told us this, but our parents did. Every single part. We all know this story very well in my culture and community. But our parents were called liars, terrorists etc. Many of us have relatives that were Black Panthers. We do know these stories and events. I loved the way this video was done. The true narrative. Not the spun one. Thank you for this 🙏🏾❤️
who says they told you the truth most Radicals lie and deny reality
it says a lot when people support a black power, black nationalist, segregation supporting party that also supported north korea. replace black with white in any of those and people would see a huge issue in it. just like with malcolm x, anyone that puts black people first is seen as a hero, when if they got what they truly wanted, discrimination would still exist, just with them at the top
if they want segregation, they should go to africa, it's already segregated and they support segregation there
in the end, people don't actually care about segregation, they just don't want white people to have their own things
@@MickeyMouse-lm6zj You have it twisted, friend. We just want equality
I like how this country is quick to label to call out other nations for human rights violations, but what happens on US soil is really no different.
Have you heard what’s been going on in china and qutar and you compare that to the USA
Bro don’t read none of those comments above. This has been happening for 466yrs and still counting yet they bring up China and Russia idk what countries they are from but America has commuted mass genocide to AA. And till this day it continues. Now it’s all over the world anti-blackness. Just alone America have slaughter over 500million AAs
@@danielpreseley2921 it’s just white folk getting on their knees for their government, don’t worry we weren’t paying them any mind😂😂😂
@Saitama _ Can you said that without mentioning Russia or China first?
@@niceguysanders2800 Exactly
I’m 19 years old rn. I’m born and raised in Dallas TX and I NEVER IN MY LIFE was taught about Fred Hampton and the impact he had on our society. It’s such a shame and injustice how he was done. He’s quickly jumped on the list of people I deeply admire and respect.
2022 VISION...YOU KNOW THEY HIDE OUR HISTORY TO KEEP US IN THE DARK 🤷♂️
Same here, imagine all the other things we don’t know about
“…One thing about the men that's controlling the pen That write history, they always seem to white-out they sins Maybe we'll never see a black man in the White House again..” - Brackets - J.Cole
Not to be funny but where you were raised, in the US south is a huge part of why it wasn't taught... Glad you are learning now. Don't Stop Here ❤️
Yeah I'm a social studies teacher in Texas As much as I wanted to teach this, the school district won't allow it
The pain we have suffered as a people breaks my heart every time. People are wicked to the core.
You mean white folks ????? Who tf you talkin bout
Are you black ????
Yeah you would think that would bring us closer
Your people had it lucky compared to mine
the lengths people will go to remain at the top of someone or something is extremely terrifying
I had no idea about the assassination of Fred Hampton. The lengths the government have/will go to in order to halt equality still shock me (sometimes). Thanks for this informative video!
not to mention that schools never mention it, america white washing its history of violence and injustice as usual
You should watch Judas and the Black Messiah. It’s about Fred Hampton and his activism.
It's not the government as a whole: It's that there are people within the government who are willing to subvert whoever & whatever they can to keep the gravy train running for themselves. They know to cloak their true intentions enough to convince people to give them authority to propose & do things under the guise of, "It's us or them," & letting you think you're included in the "us" so you will turn a blind eye, but you're really included in the "them".
Why do they go out of their way to do that? ☹️
@@mjr697 because we're special. We just don't realize it as a whole. There's something in us. Something that the enemy admires but hates that we possess. But instead of carring about the enemy. We need to go back to loving eachother.
That picture of the white cops smiling after they killed Fred Hampton made me so upset. That is just pure injustice.
Evil. Pure evil
Who?
@@gogertonherface5849 The Police
@@nicholasmassengale8649 don't fall for it, they just reply with 'cares' real mature
@@nicholasmassengale8649 cares.
We don’t know the half of what is done by the government to the people. Thank you for highlighting this issue.
Wikipedia has a list of every country that the CIA has admitted that it couped. It's a long list.
@@koalasquare2145 it's on wiki, I link it to people, they still don't believe it and say they need further research...I just believe the human brain is flawed and needs a couple more centuries to adapt to a functioning society at this point
@World Class They, bribed politicians in my country to send our troops to Iraq, not so different from the ways KGB worked
Yoo batman!
@@trasher84 Probably because Wikipedia isn't always the most reliable
It’s sickening how many ppl didn’t know about this until the movie came out. This is American history! This man was a true leader. Hoover hated this man soo much he had him killed. My dad was a black Panther and told me this history when I was younger and I always felt a way about this story. Let’s you know that peace isn’t apart of the agenda in this nation
Yes its true
This breaks my heart. I educate myself on our history, but geez I cry every time. All we wanted was to be able to live a life like everyone else. What happened to the black panthers after the 80s?
Government persecuted or killed any public identifying members claiming they were extremists. They were scared of black folk standing up for themselves
They're still around actually lol
They were destabilized from CIA interventions and also internal disagreements. A lot of black panther defense groups initially meant to protect black communities from police brutality unfortunately seeded a lot of gangs and gang culture in black communities.
COINTELPRO used under cover operatives to disband the original groups to water them down to a controllable level having informants inside most if not all chapters.
It’s always sad looking into the history but I’m empowered
This is history schools are too afraid to teach, yet it's so important.
*schools. no apostrophe :)
@@iansteelmatheson really dude
@@beckettschuchts3657 I mean, they're right. School's is talking about one specific school, schools is talking about all schools in general.
It's not that they're too afraid to teach it - it's that they're not permitted to teach it by the US government. In the US, school syllabus is highly controlled and monitored by the government due to its dark history(and present). The more Americans that know the real truth about their own history the less patriots, which means less enrollment in the military. For such a warlike and militarised nation, this cannot do. It's the same with all imperialist countries like Britain and France. Education in these countries is highly selective, controlled and streamlined.
In the US i guess
This really should be in American history, especially for high school kids as Chairman Fred was only 21 at the height of his power
@@firstlast9731 I think they mean in history books
Well they were domestic terrorist similar to antifa/blm today
@@tacomonkey222 imagine watching this video and knowing what happened only to call Fred Hampton a terrorist. You're ludicrous.
@Jord The Canadian A deliberately underfunded school system, no doubt. We learn a watered down, Disney-version of the Civil Rights movement that's often brushed through quickly. Time is taken to give ourselves a pat on the back "because we're over it," and then it's time for the next chapter.
@White lives matter straight man Awww... I'm glad he made you feel inferior.
Fred Hampton would have been one of the greatest and strongest Black leaders ever. A true Black patriot who loved his people and wanted the BEST for the Black community! Those racist pig cops assassinated him while he was SLEEPING and none of those PIG cops were charged!! State and government sponsored murder! Rest in strength Fred Hampton! Your memory will live on forever!!
i agree he was a very strong leader but you saying “patriot” is hilarious. This man literally was pushing socialism during the Cold War 😂 not to mention he was pro North Korea. Doesn’t sound very patriotic lol god rest his soul tho
@@CursxR0 he was a patriot in the true sense, he supported americans and believed in a united and egalitarian america, he was rightly against the american government
Fred Hampton is a man who used his life efficiently. Leading by 19, pushing revolutionary ideas in both senses of the word, rising to leader by 21 - and, though dead, that's quite a splash.
I had free breakfast almost every weekday growing up. It was the work of these people that fed me.
I had a sorority sister that used to bring her 1st grade students food after she found one of them in a closet eating a box of chalk.
They were hating on the Panthers because they we feeding the children you see after that they came with they free breakfast & medical murder program!!!
Oh that is wonderful
Remember the only time when the NRA called for gun reform? I do, it was when the Panthers demonstrated with guns. ✊🏽✊🏽
To be as fair as possible to the NRA, they supported gun control laws prior to the rise of the Black Panthers, and in fact explicitly disavowed gun wielding white supremacists during the civil rights era. The also supported gun control laws in the 1930s that prevented mail order guns and restricting the sale of actual machine guns.
@White lives matter straight man hahhahahhahahahaha! Worst hate groups in US history?! You're a robot right? Give me one lynching or assassination perpetrated by BLM. Are you aware of actual hate groups and their activities at all? Nope!
@@DrQuak First of all, the step that they took in 1930s to stop the sale of MGs, SMGs and mail order guns was to sheild the production of handguns from regulation and not some nobel cause, although the move was marketed as if it was to keep it out the hands of 'gangs'. Also the NRA didn't have any form of proper lobbying structure at that time. Now, disavowing white supremacists doesn't hold much water if you mirror white supremacist talking points in order to increase sale to your overwhelmingly white consumer base (a tactic which is used by the people who hold the highest positions in the company till this day.) So no, they hadn't actually pushed for gun reform prior to the rise of the Black Panther Party and their innovative outlook towards the 2nd Amendment.
@@oakinwol bruh no use trying to reason with such creatures... You should talk to David, He's cordial and is atleast having a civil discussion.
@White lives matter straight man name one killing by BLM "terrorists"
This decade and the history of the Black Panthers I have found interesting. At 21, Fred Hampton was a threat to the U.S. government. They realized he was that powerful. I would recommend reading the autobiography of Assata Shakur. Even though I am not a black woman, I found myself identifying a lot with what she wrote. Very Powerful.
I mean he had an armed militia roaming the streets of cali. No one’s done that since the revolutionary war days
@@CursxR0 we should do it again 😁
@@CursxR0 I mean he didn't personally he only led illoinoi's chapter
@@CursxR0 and so did the police.
@@y.v.n.gvidsstuff1057 yea bc they are the fucjing police something that our tax dollars pay for. Imagine some random man takes over ur neighborhood with an armed militia and refuses to allow any police or paramedics in.
Growing up I had free breakfast and after school care because of them.
getting arrested for “robbing” an ice cream truck and handing out ice cream is like the purest sweetest crime I’ve ever heard.
Unless you own the ice cream truck.
Giving ice creams to kids is the only crime worth doing.
@@Libikuroi What about the ice cream truck owner who is now out product? Is it worth it to him?
heh "sweetest"
FYI a crime he didn't actually commit, he was just framed for it.
NRA: Openly carrying guns is an American right! Black Panther Party: ok NRA: No, not like that!
Let's not forget, this was the FBI and CIA. Why are we not protesting in front of their offices????
I guess they don't/didn't consider them Americans?
Facts!
The NRA can go rot in a hole, GOA is where its at
As someone who leans right I’ve talked to people in the NRA about this they said they had every right to defend themselves 💀
He could’ve became a great US president. If not he would’ve definitely became an influential politician. The FBI knew that and couldn’t let it happen. Either way he still is and always will be an important political figure.
Nah Bro, I don’t think he would have gained that much support considering he was the leader of a Black Supremacist Terror Group.
I’m so angry to have never before been educated about this American hero. Mr. Hampton deserves to live on in how we view our country and the policies that shape it moving forward.
Someone who actively supports socialism during the cold war and created a militia that was trying to police itself is American?
@@CursxR0 You’re referring to a well trained militia that bore arms to protect their constitutional rights. Your understanding of patriotism comes across as conveniently self-serving.
It disgusts me how the police officers smiled when they moved his body out of his apartment
Totally disgusting.
Very disgusting and disturbing.
The saddest part is that it's not surprising
Those creatures were proud of what they did. It feels like those smiles were "Yep cry about it"
Pure Evil
They'd never teach this in most schools. They'd call this type of factual history "critical race theory".
You already know 💯💯
Anything that is positive,for our people, is now critical race theory, keep us down at any cost , stay strong 💪 my brother and sister I I’m your keeper and you are mines
CRT seems to be used as a catch-all buzzword to demonize any actual conversation that acknowledges racism in America
@@fzxfzxfzx It's no different from the "All Lives Matter" rhetoric. It's all a straw man to distract and prevent us from having that conversation.
They couldn’t even define you what CRT is. It’s become a cursed word to them because they know their perfect image of this country would be tainted for their children despite racism being woven into this country’s history.
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Watching this video makes me so angry and sad at the same time. What really is the reason behind all this madness? I don't even have words to describe it anymore. What I find more disturbing is how people around the world tend to downplay African American struggles for liberation and some even say it's a "mental baggage" and a thing of the past, and I'm just here confused about how people can be so insensitive. Shout out to Black Americans my biggest inspiration! From a brother from West Africa ❤️🙏
💯💯
Thanks brotha. Hopefully, one day, our people for once and for all, can come together in solidarity.
As an African American I appreciate this so much...love
I'm afraid the cycle of racism is not broken easily as long as there still someone who think that their race are better than others
Because they're a truly demonic and unrepentant race of people. It's in their DNA.
"We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight it with solidarity." - Fred Hampton (7:30)
Powerful words…
He also said we're not gonna fight capitalism with Black capitalism, we're gonna fight capitalism with socialism - also key to that quote.
That's the kind of talk people in power really don't like to hear.
Exxcept he was part of a racist supremacist group that actively attacked white people with pipe bombs and guns
And Forrest Gump fans are still trying to demonize them for it based on inaccurate Hollywood portrayals.
Fred Hampton: Free breakfast for all.. Government: We don't do that here..
Fred Hampton: let's have a violent revolution to overthrow the government Every sain person: we don't do that here
@@Daniel-gs9eh we need a revolution, people are suffering, and the system of capitalism is failing us, unless you are the top 1% capitalism isn’t working for you, you clearly saw what the video stated, and yet you still are ignorant to the fact that people are in need of change.
@@Daniel-gs9eh and with people like you racism will be
@AAMAURI SMITH instead of being jealous you could get a job
@@Daniel-gs9eh getting a job doesn’t mean things are going to change overnight, there’s still going to be racism, there’s still going to be oppression, and there’s still going to be a wealth disparity among the poor and the rich. Getting a job even if it’s minimum wage barley in the United States people can live off of what we call “a job”.
I am just learning about Fred Hampton. I'm 52. Why have I not even heard of this guy? He was an amazing man of American history.!
answer is in the question sadly
Jay-Z brags that he was born the same day Chairman Fred Hampton was born, but Fred Hampton put food bank programs in his neighborhood but Jay-Z never put food bank programs in Marcy Projects!
Jay-Z deserves the wall just like any other capitalist. Hampton would despise him.
Jay z like Blm just co opts the name and idea to be revolutionary. We failed the Bpp ancestors
BLM are just a bunch of teenage kids who never experience the struggle these people had and yet they claim they had
*Born on the same day Fred Hampton died.
Fred Hampton was a year older than me when he was murdered, he really was a revolutionary, he had that energy in him, my dad made sure I knew about people like that, John Trudell, Russel Means, Arther Manuel, Leonard Peltier, the ones I look up to in our fight for equality and human rights, educate your mind, never surrender your spirit
A brilliant self educated black king that believed and fought for civil rights for the black, hispanic, and poor white ppl that did not set right for the so call elite in power of the general ppl.
Are you using the information to inspire others?
Love John Trudell. Love Russell Means. His son is doing great things as an actor
He looked up to Mao Zedong and Lenin. He was based.
When the OPPRESSOR have to stand before Great God Almighty Jesus Christ, what will they say??🎤
NRA members: “We need guns to protect us from tyrannical governments” Black Panthers: “We had guns and we were still killed by tyrannical governments”
NRA members: "Yeah, but you're black, so we probably helped them."
@@human3683 Most White Americans directly opposed the Black Panthers
@@slickrick2420 Well look at the video and how the media lied about them.
@@human3683, Black people are a relatively small part of the population, period. They're not called a "minority" for no reason. If it takes a quarter of the population to have a revolution, because Black people are only 13% of the population, that by default means they need white allies - and let's get real: White gun owners, including those in the NRA, hated the Black Panthers. When they say they're pro-2nd Amendment, they mean it only for white folks.
@@human3683 that's not even remotely realistic
We still struggle to get treated as normal people to this day 😢
Nah, Your just ungrateful
You have rights don't you? You're able to work a job, earn a wage, buy property, eat the same food as others, drink the same water as others, go to the same restaurants as others. What exactly are you missing for you to be "treated as normal people"?
@@coltonwilkie241Say there’s a race, each lane is straight with even and equal surfaces. But at the start of the race, one of the competitors gets held down while the others went on ahead, and finally after got knows how long you finally release them. Is that a fair race?.
The saddest part is that things haven't changed that much.
The Rainbow Coalition is a powerful idea, its what true solidarity looked like. When he said "power to the people" he meant The People. ✊
The People are every single last solitary person on planet earth. Nobody is left out. The good, the bad. Everybody
And they still forgot to mention AIM and various Asian groups the Coalition picked up after it left Chicago. They stood with and for *everyone* that society often still ignores, skips over, or straight up keeps kicking down at.
No that was his mistake trynna be allies with the paled skin people now look at him got his life taken by the same mfs he wanted to be allies with
@@Chiraqboy-Theplugshit ok dude
@@Chiraqboy-Theplugshit bruv are u fr? by your logic he shouldn't have trusted black people either then cos his own black body guard aided in his assasination
My dad went through government agent training where they learn the tactics on how to take down groups the government doesn't like. He noticed how a lot of the tactics they taught him were tactics the government used to bring down the Black Panthers. He always told me and my brother that it was something he always struggled with as a black man.
Painful
Oh this is heartbreaking
the US used more resources in it's effort to take down the black panther party than they did to stop klan gatherings, which really goes to show how racist the country was (and still is)
@@opposite. preach!
We need blacks getting that training to counter it the next time we organize ourselves. We must be properly prepared to defend ourselves
I've never heard of this man in my entire life, and now that's changed. I respect him unequivocally.
Chairman Fred Hampton R.I.P ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 Everytime I watch a documentary on Fred and Malcolm x I cry! ! ✨✨
"after the killing of an unarmed black teenager by armed police" - why does has this sentence not changed since the 1960s?
Look man, most “murders” by police today aren’t murders, they have a reason and people blow it out of proportion. Today is far better than 50-60 years ago. Not to say that all killings caused by police aren’t the polices fault though.
@@s_e_t_z3248 It isn't as worse but there excuses haven't changed. For example Philando was a legal gun owner, Trayvon was walking home, Alton was selling Cds, George was buying cigarettes and all the time the officer "feared" for there lives. Don't matter what the story is there's won't change
@@jaquanpowell4605 Trayvon was not killed by a police officer
@@MeowingWhale My point stands. Zimmerman was and is protected by the police.
@@s_e_t_z3248 smh...y the defense of bad cops?
Only 21, imagine what he could’ve been able to do with the rest of his life
Lindsay Lavender Just further disrupt the public order
@@patrick594 I think you’re late for your Klan meeting dude, don’t forget your hood this time
@@pvt.gaminggummybear6337 unnecessarily aggressive smh
@@patrick594 explain how? By trying to get equal rights
@@patrick594 yea because trying to help his people along with others needs to be stopped. Let me guess...You're wearing a M.A.G.A hat aren't you?
This was awesome, thanks so much for putting this together❤❤
Can you imagine it's all races of poor people across the country got together and stood against this corrupt government. What would we achieve together.
No because white people are predominantly the boot lickers for the imperial government. Try again but this time with common sense
Probably nothing tbh.
The fact this brother was targeted by the FBI at 21 years old and the wisdom he had was remarkable to say the least. RIP Brother Fred Hampton 🙏🏾
Rest In Power Brother Fred! B1✊🏽
@@marcusanderson933 rest in power brother Fred.
Rest In Peace 🤍🕊
Nathaniel. Turner
well the black panthers did send mail bombs to people and threw pipe bombs into car windows so i wonder why the FBI was involved hmmmm
Fred Hampton is truly a hero of mine. What a role model for all young people.
He was truly a _genius._ Despite _ALL_ of his adversities, all of the odds stacked against him as a Black man, a young Black man, YES he WAS and STILL *IS.*
Look how popular that comment is.
Truly. As a kid he was already organizing his junior high school classmates. Very special human being. He really understood so much at such a man early age. His story deserves to be known, revered and emulated the world over wherever oppressed people are struggling.
Ok people, excuse, please be responsible and get you and your entire family vaccinated. President Biden wants at least 70% of all Americans vaccinated by July 4th! Together, we can defeat this pandemic!
Facts ✊🏿
I never knew about the actual work he did to support his communities, I was just told by my father that the party protested violently. Just seeing this video put everything in a new light
We all must be more like Fred Hampton if we are to free ourselves from the shackles that keep us bound to wage labor.
And the US has the audacity to lecture other nations on how to be democratic and civilised.
How can you lecture about anything you know nothing about? We know the pathway to success, why not teach other nations how to avoid the atrocities our country committed in the past?
@@memphispatriot what are you teaching china ??? china made its own success , infact its been more successful than america has ever been . yet yall criticise them on the smallest thing
@@sali1023 They are literally wiping out their own muslim population through forced indoctrination and likely even worse you daft smooth brain.
Do you suppose the Government was afraid that gathering various people together would overthrow this Country,or did they fear embarrassment because people were coming together to try to solve problems?
@@sali1023 china definitely isn't good
The fact he was the same age as me when he was targeted and murdered by the state, and how impactful his legacy is, is just mind boggling... Imagine what could've been done had he had the chance to be alive to this day. Rest in power
Thats why the fbi felt so threatened...they couldnt allow a black leader so young and powerful to thrive.
Wow. Great job, Vox. This needs to be (but unfortunately never will be) taught in schools.
Thank you for making this great video❤❤❤Huge respect to Fred Hampton and the Black Panthers!
“We say we’re not going to fight capitalism with black capitalism, but we’re going to fight it with socialism.” -Fred Hampton
America needs more socialism to eliminate inequality and racial divides!
@@shark7n10 Come to Cuba, there they have socialism with with egalitarian poverty and inequality between politicians and citizens. Socialism in Cuba has NOT disappeared racial tensions, it has only hidden them from the world.
@@michellpolicarpio1021 Come to India we have parties with socialist ideals operating within a democratic framework that has succeeded in decreasing wealth inequalities at many sections of the society...There is more to communism than just failed places such as USSR and Venezuela...and also Cuba failed due to US imposing unnecessary sanctions and economic pressure without letting it to thrive...Look at Vietnam they are also proving themselves to be a rival to China even during the last few years
@@michellpolicarpio1021 have you, just maybe, considered the fact that Cuba is poor because the US, the worlds largest economy, has sanctioned it since the 60s?
@@michellpolicarpio1021 just look at Germany, Denmark or Sweden. All more democratic, happier and with a higher standard of living than the US. At least in part due to democratic socialism.
"I don't mean sing kumbaya and make a quilt..." Lol best quote of the show
Lol 😆
If this was taught in schools I think we all know a certain group would decry the information as CRT
"If it makes me feel bad about being a racist, it's CRT!!!!"
I have had the blessing and amazing opportunity to meet and greet Fred hampton Jr. In the amazing city of Chicago..Grateful for the connection with the family ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿💯💯💯🫡🫡🫡🥰🥰🥰
Ghetto children?disgusting, they were feeding children unlike the government. 9:58
That’s the problem, they showed people that it was the governments failure that it can’t feed its people, not a failure of ones character for being born, raised, or ended up poor
@@StayMinty11 but it is the governments fault for not investing in those areas and how is it failure of ones character for being born poor?? that's really ignorant.
@@StayMinty11 but yeah, they didn't do well for those children and they are the ones who needed it more seeing that got used as an excuse for some faulse acussions is nasty
The threat was Grits
"He's good and dead." Well if that doesn't speak volumes then IDK what does.
@Ronald Williams What it means is pls educate yourself before being ignorant
@Ronald Williams the point is that you're slow
He was not dead after being shot. The cops then had those in the apt face the wall. Then they executed him. Then they said he's good and dead now.
Great Video, very informative. Thank You for this video, R.I.P to Fred Hampton and The Black Panther members. This will truly live on forever ✊🏿
A Black man with a brain is more deadly than one with a gun!✊🏿✊🏿💯
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I find it painful to learn how little America has moved forward on the issues mentioned in this video, since the execution of Fred Hampton.
America doesn't move forward, it pushes back. These aren't separate or disparate issues either, these issues and the injustices that perpetuate them are singular, they're global, and they stem from one specific struggle: it's class struggle, baby. Eat the rich
Body cams show how police still lie when their accounts of what happens.
@Who Cares? Distraction
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we have to destroy the goverment. and this virus is the way. be safe. i planned this war
It’s so sad that the government eliminated so many individuals who tried to do such good
Who?
@@gogertonherface5849 MLK, Malcom X for starters
@@matthewarnold4557 Cares.
@@matthewarnold4557 what you have for main course? 😂
@@gogertonherface5849 Why bother commenting in the first place?
AMAZING VIDEO! Thank you for creating 🤎 Power to the People
When people say racism does not exist… this happened only 60 or so years ago… millennials, this is our parent’s s generation. Most of those people are still alive today. Those same people still have that racist mindset. Let that sink in…
fred hampton’s son, who was born only a couple weeks after he died (died on december 4th, born on december 29th) is only 53. it was not too long ago…
"Racism is an excuse used for capitalism." Read the book "Confessions Of An Economic Hitman" to see how this is carried out.
A very insightful book.
Definitely!A wonderful insightful read.
One of my favorite books of all time. Even though John Perkins details his life in the book, there were moments I thought he fictionalized it. Like it's too outrageous to be reality.
@@meluk6991 Too outrageous...in your opinion? or is that a fact?
@@nnoir simply fact.
You only ever hear bad things about the Black Panthers When in reality they were the only ones looking out for Black people
Who?
Naw joe Biden is pandering pretty well
@Frederic Menjivar He was dead.
Unfortunately, the black Panthers are a twisted she'll of it's former self. 40 years of killing and imprisoning it's leaders will do that to any organization
@White lives matter straight man lel 😂
It makes me so emotional knowing how much they fought for what we take for granted and even exaggerate today, when their situation was so much worse 💔 they literally gave their lives for the cause, and for their sacrifice they left a beautiful legacy behind
What an awesome man! Imagine what could be accomplished if we all came together for good
I grew up in Chicago and was blessed to have parents who were part of The Black Party and was honored to be in a program head by Fred Hampton Jr.All power to the people ✊✊✊✊✊
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power to the people
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this makes me so mad that he is not being taught in high schools, he was so important for progression
“Progression” he literally created an ARMED MILITIA
@@Nonamelol. he followed the law to a T and memorized every law that applied to him so he could prevent being wrongfully arrested. owning the tools to defend yourself rightfully by the law is not a crime. nor is encouraging the people affected by racial violence by police to legally defend themselves. but of course, you’ve never experienced that, and you can’t extend your mind to imagine even a fraction of that kind of oppression. would you say that same thing about those who fought for our country’s rights in the revolution?
@@grackshack But making an armed group to your name is literally against the law.
@@Nonamelol. according to what law? Genuinely curious/uninformed. Is it different then when white supremacist groups nowadays march publicly with arms? I always assumed that was perfectly legal
@@aimless_aimer7936 Just look it up it’s not my job to educate you. If white supremacy groups are marching that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a militia.
He was trying to bring all the oppressed together to fight the power - his fatal sin against the establishment. May his soul rest in piece and his memory remain in the minds of the people.
and to think that my first exposure to the black panther party was from a presentation a classmate gave in high school where he explicitly referred to them as a "terrorist group"
@@suckitdemocrats9952 wow just dropping some blatantly white supremacist tropes eh? You do understand the correlation between violent crime and socioeconomic conditions right? Of course you don't how silly of me
I wrote a 10 page paper over this in my college honors history class and did a presentation over it, the whole class knew nothing about it. RIP Fred Hampton
I believe it. Didn't learn this till now and I'm 30 lol
He wasn't just killed,he was murdered.Better yet he was assassinated.Get it right.
Just like ie Malcolm X MLK Tupac Nipsey etc etc
So he was killed
@@isd4154" Intelligence is the ability to make finer distinctions.” - Robert Kiyosaki
Assassinated
They literally did
Great Content‼️ Keep up the Good Work❗️
✊🏾The power and unity displayed by our elders was amazing at times.
A loooooot of parallels with how the FBI portrayed the Black Panthers' struggle then and how they portray BLM's now.
no sh8t
BLM is nothing like BPP
@@dipropraubha9434 They're exactly alike in that they're both being unfairly discredited in the same exact way: black supremacist goals, they want to destroy white people, inanely violent and destructive demonstrations, and general fear mongering and distortion disseminated to lose sympathy from the greater American public. What do you think Stop Asian Hate was about, or the viralization of videos and movements to directly counter BLM in 2020? It's simply cointelpro in the 21st century.
@@sterlingmorse5409 No sh8t? I'm just connecting the dots here for those that haven't caught on.
Yup.
The Rainbow Coalition needs to make a comeback. For Fred. This left me heated.
No it doesn't. Those "poor" white appalachians were mostly Scots/Irish immigrants that got free land when they came to the US. Even the poor class has racial lines.
@@carltonbanks5470 it’s better than what we have now which is no coalition. We can’t let the desire for perfection get in the way of starting
@@marilynmonheaux6356 Eh, as long as the culture war rages on and partisanship remains high I don’t think you’re going to see any rainbow coalition for a long time.
@@jojoboko6990 America was polarized in the Nixon and Reagan era that followed the Civil Rights movement.
@@marilynmonheaux6356 Eh not exactly. Those era’s of polarization really don’t compare to this era. Our era’s polarization is much worse.
In the 60’s, most of our black civil rights/human rights activists who were pivotal to American black history were basically all killed. Smh. Imagine if Martin, Malcolm, Frederick, etc still lived on.
I have never been so emotional over an 18 minute documentary at human rights being stripped away but here I am at 1:11 am. Crying.
13:54 it’s chilling when you see those cops smile while carrying his body away. Hatred runs deep in racism.
When somebody is found out to be guilty of committing and hiding evidence of a murder, we usually don’t care what their reasons were… unless it’s the Feds, then we’re subject to a plethora of excuses.
Funny how that works eh?
Or if it's the police, in which case they're hailed as heroes.
Who's gonna arrest them- the FBI?
Fred Hampton you will forever be remembered for all things you did
He was just a kid. He was incredibly intelligent and had an old soul.
I did get what you mean but they were not kids anybody under the age of 18 is a kid I hate when people do that let's give them the respect of being younger adults that didn't carry themselves like children let's give them that respect of an adult that's how I personally see it they were not kids they were adults they may have been younger adults and no one can say how long someone is going to live for that they have their whole lives ahead of them because we can go at any time
@@latuba27 he was younger than my youngest child so, to me, he was a kid. Forgive me for being old.
Ppl frm that era were wise beyond their age
@@latuba27 you’re still a kid in your early 20s my guy 😂
@@latuba27 Bro I'm turning 20 next year and I was born in 2005, most old people would say 2005 was yesterday so I am technically still a kid
Pay attention to Willian O'Neils in your life! "THE ENEMY OUTSIDE CANNOT HURT YOU IF THERE IS NO ENEMY WITHIN." African proverb.
Trust but verify, Americans think that Ronald Reagan came up with that. *chuckles*
Maybe to employ more black people in the CIA is to do just that... Increase the enemy within.
My grandparents knew the Hampton family very well years before Fred was murdered. I recently found out my grandparents comforted Fred’s mother after he was murdered and they still cried when they talked about it.
History is important to understand. The Revolutionaries who tried to save us all are important. Thank you.
class struggle is a common struggle. fred hampton was a real revolutionary. looking to fight ONLY the fight of race, the fight of sexism, the fight of homophobia will fix none of the underlying issues of a capitalist society. as he rightly said, racism is not the problem, but the excuse for a system that benefits from the opression of the masses. honor and glory to his figure
Honestly there were heroes for all groups. The Women had people who fought for them LGBTQ had their heroes. Fred Hampton did his good work and found issues that he wanted to help with.
If you're a teacher in these schools today and you teach the real history of this country and the government you'll get fired and black balled.
Cause no one likes to be painted as th bad guy even when it's the truth. Cause excepting what's true means now those ppl have to see themselves differently
@@jamarleatherbury indeed so
Who?
@@gogertonherface5849 Candice
@@gogertonherface5849 no one does
I feel blessed to have attended an HBCU where my black sociology professor taught about this and many more racist practices that the U.S. government committed against the black community. This story along with the FBI's cointel pro, black Wall St, etc was all taught to show how black Americans went from post slavery growth and independent economic networks to widespread unemployment and crime ridden communities within a 10yr period between 1960-1970
He was such a great speaker and motivator.
To the right wingers: this is what it's like to actually be oppressed.
Most Christians get oppressed now by radical athiests in a lot of places, ik what its like, you can't gate keep oppression lol
@@rqche6689 Where?
@@rqche6689 WHERE???????
@@rqche6689 What places? In what places are Christians oppressed by "radical atheists" in any way shape or form equivalent to Black people in the 1960? Give me literally any example of a place in which that is happening.
@@rqche6689 when has this happened, in history, ever?
When people start to consolidate power, the government always intervenes.
As a British person, I find this to be hilariously ironic haha
@@mr.langustinos5808 really? When? You sure that was said?
@@Alex-lg9zb How come? Sorry, I'm not amazingly familiar with British history beyond it's unsavory side.
Teaching this in my US history class this quarter! I didn't learn about this in school.
Thank you for this helpful, insightful and encouraging information. My sister.
My dad had breakfast when he was a kid through the Panthers breakfast program.
Mine too