You Can't Jail a Revolution - The Life of Fred Hampton

In honor of the upcoming Black History Month, this Sunday we will be learning about the life and tragic death of civil rights leader, Fred Hampton.
Fred Hampton was an American civil-rights leader who, in 1969 at the age of 21 was killed by the Chicago PD in coordination with the FBI. As a member of the Chicago chapter of the NAACP and Chairman of the Chicago Black Panther Party Hampton worked hard in his community to make change, forming the Rainbow Coalition and implementing the free breakfast program for school children.
However, his work, and specifically his coalition building that brought together groups and members of communities that were seen as unlikely to work together, caught the attention of the ‘FBI,’ who feared a “Black Messiah” and considered this activism a threat to the government and society.