Fred Hampton Jr., an activist and the son of the Black Panther Party leader, said the same struggles his father fought against are still plaguing the Black community today.

In the wake of the Black Panther Party's 50th anniversary, and the anniversary of the state sponsored assassination of one of its rising stars, Fred Hampton, we spoke with his only child, Fred ...

Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton was just 21 years old when he was tragically killed during a police raid on his apartment on December 4, 1969. But his legacy endures.

Fred Hampton remembered as ‘focused, caring’ visionary Fellow Black Panther Billy “Che” Brooks said one question about the party’s leader has plucked at his nerves since Hampton was ...

Fred Hampton (left), head of the Black Panther Party in Illinois, speaks outside the U.S. Courthouse on Oct. 29, 1969. AP Photo Reset took a look back at his life and work.

At around 5 a.m. on December 4, 1969, 14 police officers raided Hampton's apartment, which was a known Illinois Black Panther Party stronghold in Chicago's West Side, according to the Chicago Tribune.

Hampton was a Black Panther activist and revolutionary who organized and inspired thousands as the chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther party, and was the father of the baby Njeri ...

In the early hours of Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago police raided Illinois Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton's home and shot him to death. He was 21. More than 50 years after Hampton's ...

Fred Hampton, center, chairman of the Illinois Black Panther party, speaks at a rally outside the federal courthouse in Chicago on Oct. 29, 1969.

The Hampton House was Fred Hampton’s childhood home in Maywood, IL, 12 miles west of downtown Chicago, and the location of the 55-year celebration held earlier this month. Hampton Jr. is Fred ...

In the wake of the Black Panther Party's 50th anniversary, and the anniversary of the state sponsored assassination of one of its rising stars, Fred Hampton, we spoke with his only child, Fred ...