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| Title: | Fred Hampton |
| Date: | 1969-1970 |
| Description: | Fred Hampton, age 21, was allegedly shot and killed by the Cook County State Attorneys Police, Chicago, Illinois, on December 4, 1969, when the police conducted a raid on the Black Panther Party (BPP) Headquarters located at 2337 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois. Also killed was BPP member Mark Clark, age 22. Six members of the BPP were wounded during this raid. United States Attorney General John Mitchell called for an investigation so that matters could be provided to a Federal Grand Jury. |
| Types: | Federal government records |
| Subjects: | Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969--Assassination | Governmental investigations--United States | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Black Panther Party | Assassination--Illinois--Chicago | Police brutality--Illinois--Chicago | Civil rights movements--Illinois--Chicago | Black militant organizations--United States--History | Black power--United States--History--20th century | Chicago (Ill.) | Cook County (Ill.) | United States |
| Collection: | FBI Freedom of Information Act Collection |
| Institution: | Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Contributors: | United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation | Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection (United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation) |
| Online Publisher: | [Washington, D.C.] : Federal Bureau of Investigation | 2011 |
| Original Material: | 2 files (194 p.) Federal Bureau of Investigation records, Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| Related Materials: | Forms part of the Freedom of Information Privacy Act Collection. System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. |
| Persistent Link to Item: | http://vault.fbi.gov/Fred%20Hampton |
