People’s Law Office Remembers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark

Today marks 50 years since the Chicago Police, FBI and Cook County State’s Attorney conspired to murder Fred Hampton and Mark Clark of the Black Panther Party.

This short video honoring Fred is an excerpt from a soon to be released documentary about the 50 year history of our office, directed and produced by Tom Callahan of Sensitive Visuals.*

Our office filed a civil rights lawsuit and fought for over 13 years to expose the role of the FBI’s COINTELPRO program and we succesfully obtained a $1.85 million settlement for family members and survivors of the raid.

The legacy of Fred Hampton lives on and continues to inspire us to fight against racist and politically motivated state violence.

*Archival content courtesy of Freedom Archives.

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Other Links

WBEZ interview with former PLO attorney Jeff Haas

Truthout article published 12.04.2019: 50 Years Ago Today, Police Murdered Fred Hampton. His Activism Lives On.