The Assassination of Fred Hampton
| Authors | Jeffrey Haas |
| Publisher | Chicago Review Press |
| Published | 2011 |
| Categories |
20th Century
20th Century
African American & Black
African American & Black Studies
American
Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
Biography & Autobiography
Cultural & Ethnic Studies
History
Modern
Murder
Social Science
True Crime
United States
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| My Rating | Not rated |
| Status | To read |
Description & Review
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.