A review by redcapediver
The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther by Jeffrey Haas

5.0

One of the most arduous and frustrating books I’ve ever read and I fully believe it should be required reading in schools. I wasn’t taught a single thing about the Black Panther Party or what they stood for or all the good work they did, and I especially wasn’t taught about how the American government actively sought to oppress and silence them out of fear that black people would find any sort of real power in America. I’m sure the other stuff was important too but I’d much rather kids today learn about this rather than going over the Boston tea party 12 years in a row