| Author |
Haas, Jeffrey.
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| Publication |
Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago Review Press, [2010]
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| Copyright date |
©2010 |
| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 376 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-371) and index. |
| Contents |
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 -- "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 -- 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 -- 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 -- A victory -- Onward -- Seize the time. |
| Summary |
"It's around 7:00 A.M. on December 4, 1969, and attorney Jeff Haas is in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fiancée. She is describing 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 looks at Jeff and asks, "What can you do?" The Assassination of Fred Hampton is 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, the book puts Hampton in a new light as a dynamic community leader and an inspiration in the fight against injustice." -- from publisher description. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969.
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Assassination -- Illinois -- Chicago.
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Black Panther Party.
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Political parties -- United States -- History.
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United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Alt Title |
How the FBI and the Chicago police murdered a Black Panther |
| Related To |
Print version: Haas, Jeffrey. Assassination of Fred Hampton. Chicago, Ill. : Lawrence Hill Books/Chicago Review Press, c2010 9781556527654 (DLC) 2009025604 (OCoLC)368040538 |
| ISBN |
9781569763636 (electronic bk.) |
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1569763631 (electronic bk.) |
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9781569763650 (electronic bk.) |
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1569763658 (electronic bk.) |
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9781569763643 (electronic bk.) |
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156976364X (electronic bk.) |
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