Fred Hampton

Full Name

Fredrick Allen Hampton Sr.[1]

Date of Birth

August 30, 1948[1]

Place of Birth

Summit, Illinois, United States[1]

Education

Fred Hampton attended Proviso East High School, where he graduated with honors and varsity letters, and a Junior Achievement Award in 1966[3]. He later enrolled in a pre-law program at Triton Junior College in River Grove, Illinois[2].

Affiliated Organizations’ Names

Fred Hampton was a prominent leader and chairman of the Chicago, Illinois, chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP)[5]. He was also the deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the BPP[2]. Hampton founded the Rainbow Coalition, a multicultural alliance among major street gangs to help put an end to infighting and work for social change[5].

Sources

1. Biography - Fred Hampton
2. BlackPast - Fred Hampton (1948-1969) •
3. Stanford University - Fred Hampton
4. Britannica - Fred Hampton | Biography, Black Panthers, Death, & Civil Rights

Citations: [1] https://www.biography.com/activists/a45988576/fred-hampton [2] https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/hampton-fred-1948-1969/ [3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Hampton [4] https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fred-Hampton [5] https://exhibits.stanford.edu/saytheirnames/feature/fred-hampton