To believe he was like 21 years old, motivating and giving speeches. That’s a lot of charisma, belief and power a young man was able to influence on his people
I’m 19 years old rn. I’m born and raised in Dallas TX and I NEVER IN MY LIFE was taught about Fred Hampton and the impact he had on our society. It’s such a shame and injustice how he was done. He’s quickly jumped on the list of people I deeply admire and respect.
“…One thing about the men that's controlling the pen That write history, they always seem to white-out they sins Maybe we'll never see a black man in the White House again..” - Brackets - J.Cole
@@mangonel Cop: Shoots a white criminal Scot free Cop: Shoots a black criminal GUILTY... Also, neither one of the things you said are common occurrences.
The 2nd amendment isn't for the government. Why would they need it? Now imagine a bunch of white supremacists formed an armed militia. That's what the Black Panthers are.
There is no need to imagine... there are already plenty of white supremacists armed militias... Are you living under a rock? You know that the majority of domestic terrorism is committed by white supremacists against minorities?
I Gotta give my respect to my English Teacher who fought the school's curriculum to teach us about the death of Fred Hampton when I was in the 11th grade.
And I’m glad that this video recognized the anti-capitalist point of view that the party strongly held but yet seems to slip from the story telling of most movies and videos about the Panthers.
Bro don’t read none of those comments above. This has been happening for 466yrs and still counting yet they bring up China and Russia idk what countries they are from but America has commuted mass genocide to AA. And till this day it continues. Now it’s all over the world anti-blackness. Just alone America have slaughter over 500million AAs
I took a Black Power Movement class and we learned about the BPP and I swear it just made me angrier. The BPP was not a threat but was only deemed as a threat bc they did something that scared the US, which was unite oppressed groups together. Imagine what the rainbow coalition could’ve been today had Fred not been killed. The U.S thrives off of division because it makes it easier to control certain groups. That’s why things such as racism and classism exist.
@@koalasquare2145 it's on wiki, I link it to people, they still don't believe it and say they need further research...I just believe the human brain is flawed and needs a couple more centuries to adapt to a functioning society at this point
School breakfast is great way to improve academic performance. It's really hard to do math on an empty stomach, particularly the harder high school level math.
They were hating on the Panthers because they we feeding the children you see after that they came with they free breakfast & medical murder program!!!
No history book told us this, but our parents did. Every single part. We all know this story very well in my culture and community. But our parents were called liars, terrorists etc. Many of us have relatives that were Black Panthers. We do know these stories and events. I loved the way this video was done. The true narrative. Not the spun one. Thank you for this 🙏🏾❤️
it says a lot when people support a black power, black nationalist, segregation supporting party that also supported north korea. replace black with white in any of those and people would see a huge issue in it. just like with malcolm x, anyone that puts black people first is seen as a hero, when if they got what they truly wanted, discrimination would still exist, just with them at the top
To be as fair as possible to the NRA, they supported gun control laws prior to the rise of the Black Panthers, and in fact explicitly disavowed gun wielding white supremacists during the civil rights era. The also supported gun control laws in the 1930s that prevented mail order guns and restricting the sale of actual machine guns.
@White lives matter straight man hahhahahhahahahaha! Worst hate groups in US history?! You're a robot right? Give me one lynching or assassination perpetrated by BLM. Are you aware of actual hate groups and their activities at all? Nope!
@@DrQuak First of all, the step that they took in 1930s to stop the sale of MGs, SMGs and mail order guns was to sheild the production of handguns from regulation and not some nobel cause, although the move was marketed as if it was to keep it out the hands of 'gangs'. Also the NRA didn't have any form of proper lobbying structure at that time. Now, disavowing white supremacists doesn't hold much water if you mirror white supremacist talking points in order to increase sale to your overwhelmingly white consumer base (a tactic which is used by the people who hold the highest positions in the company till this day.) So no, they hadn't actually pushed for gun reform prior to the rise of the Black Panther Party and their innovative outlook towards the 2nd Amendment.
Fred Hampton was a year older than me when he was murdered, he really was a revolutionary, he had that energy in him, my dad made sure I knew about people like that, John Trudell, Russel Means, Arther Manuel, Leonard Peltier, the ones I look up to in our fight for equality and human rights, educate your mind, never surrender your spirit
A brilliant self educated black king that believed and fought for civil rights for the black, hispanic, and poor white ppl that did not set right for the so call elite in power of the general ppl.
My dad went through government agent training where they learn the tactics on how to take down groups the government doesn't like. He noticed how a lot of the tactics they taught him were tactics the government used to bring down the Black Panthers. He always told me and my brother that it was something he always struggled with as a black man.
the US used more resources in it's effort to take down the black panther party than they did to stop klan gatherings, which really goes to show how racist the country was (and still is)
@@Daniel-gs9eh we need a revolution, people are suffering, and the system of capitalism is failing us, unless you are the top 1% capitalism isn’t working for you, you clearly saw what the video stated, and yet you still are ignorant to the fact that people are in need of change.
@@Daniel-gs9eh getting a job doesn’t mean things are going to change overnight, there’s still going to be racism, there’s still going to be oppression, and there’s still going to be a wealth disparity among the poor and the rich. Getting a job even if it’s minimum wage barley in the United States people can live off of what we call “a job”.
It's not that they're too afraid to teach it - it's that they're not permitted to teach it by the US government. In the US, school syllabus is highly controlled and monitored by the government due to its dark history(and present). The more Americans that know the real truth about their own history the less patriots, which means less enrollment in the military. For such a warlike and militarised nation, this cannot do. It's the same with all imperialist countries like Britain and France. Education in these countries is highly selective, controlled and streamlined.
It’s sickening how many ppl didn’t know about this until the movie came out. This is American history! This man was a true leader. Hoover hated this man soo much he had him killed. My dad was a black Panther and told me this history when I was younger and I always felt a way about this story. Let’s you know that peace isn’t apart of the agenda in this nation
Anything that is positive,for our people, is now critical race theory, keep us down at any cost , stay strong 💪 my brother and sister I I’m your keeper and you are mines
They couldn’t even define you what CRT is. It’s become a cursed word to them because they know their perfect image of this country would be tainted for their children despite racism being woven into this country’s history.
Fred Hampton would have been one of the greatest and strongest Black leaders ever. A true Black patriot who loved his people and wanted the BEST for the Black community! Those racist pig cops assassinated him while he was SLEEPING and none of those PIG cops were charged!! State and government sponsored murder! Rest in strength Fred Hampton! Your memory will live on forever!!
i agree he was a very strong leader but you saying “patriot” is hilarious. This man literally was pushing socialism during the Cold War 😂 not to mention he was pro North Korea. Doesn’t sound very patriotic lol god rest his soul tho
@@CursxR0 he was a patriot in the true sense, he supported americans and believed in a united and egalitarian america, he was rightly against the american government
The fact he was the same age as me when he was targeted and murdered by the state, and how impactful his legacy is, is just mind boggling... Imagine what could've been done had he had the chance to be alive to this day. Rest in power
Fred Hampton is a man who used his life efficiently. Leading by 19, pushing revolutionary ideas in both senses of the word, rising to leader by 21 - and, though dead, that's quite a splash.
@@human3683, Black people are a relatively small part of the population, period. They're not called a "minority" for no reason. If it takes a quarter of the population to have a revolution, because Black people are only 13% of the population, that by default means they need white allies - and let's get real: White gun owners, including those in the NRA, hated the Black Panthers. When they say they're pro-2nd Amendment, they mean it only for white folks.
This breaks my heart. I educate myself on our history, but geez I cry every time. All we wanted was to be able to live a life like everyone else. What happened to the black panthers after the 80s?
Government persecuted or killed any public identifying members claiming they were extremists. They were scared of black folk standing up for themselves
They were destabilized from CIA interventions and also internal disagreements. A lot of black panther defense groups initially meant to protect black communities from police brutality unfortunately seeded a lot of gangs and gang culture in black communities.
COINTELPRO used under cover operatives to disband the original groups to water them down to a controllable level having informants inside most if not all chapters.
Look man, most “murders” by police today aren’t murders, they have a reason and people blow it out of proportion. Today is far better than 50-60 years ago. Not to say that all killings caused by police aren’t the polices fault though.
@@s_e_t_z3248 It isn't as worse but there excuses haven't changed. For example Philando was a legal gun owner, Trayvon was walking home, Alton was selling Cds, George was buying cigarettes and all the time the officer "feared" for there lives. Don't matter what the story is there's won't change
How can you lecture about anything you know nothing about? We know the pathway to success, why not teach other nations how to avoid the atrocities our country committed in the past?
@@memphispatriot what are you teaching china ??? china made its own success , infact its been more successful than america has ever been . yet yall criticise them on the smallest thing
Do you suppose the Government was afraid that gathering various people together would overthrow this Country,or did they fear embarrassment because people were coming together to try to solve problems?
He was truly a _genius._ Despite _ALL_ of his adversities, all of the odds stacked against him as a Black man, a young Black man, YES he WAS and STILL *IS.*
Truly. As a kid he was already organizing his junior high school classmates. Very special human being. He really understood so much at such a man early age. His story deserves to be known, revered and emulated the world over wherever oppressed people are struggling.
Ok people, excuse, please be responsible and get you and your entire family vaccinated. President Biden wants at least 70% of all Americans vaccinated by July 4th! Together, we can defeat this pandemic!
@Jord The Canadian A deliberately underfunded school system, no doubt. We learn a watered down, Disney-version of the Civil Rights movement that's often brushed through quickly. Time is taken to give ourselves a pat on the back "because we're over it," and then it's time for the next chapter.
I had no idea about the assassination of Fred Hampton. The lengths the government have/will go to in order to halt equality still shock me (sometimes). Thanks for this informative video!
It's not the government as a whole: It's that there are people within the government who are willing to subvert whoever & whatever they can to keep the gravy train running for themselves. They know to cloak their true intentions enough to convince people to give them authority to propose & do things under the guise of, "It's us or them," & letting you think you're included in the "us" so you will turn a blind eye, but you're really included in the "them".
@@mjr697 because we're special. We just don't realize it as a whole. There's something in us. Something that the enemy admires but hates that we possess. But instead of carring about the enemy. We need to go back to loving eachother.
@@shark7n10 Come to Cuba, there they have socialism with with egalitarian poverty and inequality between politicians and citizens. Socialism in Cuba has NOT disappeared racial tensions, it has only hidden them from the world.
@@michellpolicarpio1021 Come to India we have parties with socialist ideals operating within a democratic framework that has succeeded in decreasing wealth inequalities at many sections of the society...There is more to communism than just failed places such as USSR and Venezuela...and also Cuba failed due to US imposing unnecessary sanctions and economic pressure without letting it to thrive...Look at Vietnam they are also proving themselves to be a rival to China even during the last few years
@@michellpolicarpio1021 just look at Germany, Denmark or Sweden. All more democratic, happier and with a higher standard of living than the US. At least in part due to democratic socialism.
@@michellpolicarpio1021 lol even with all the "poverty" they still have a lower infant mortality rate in Cuba than the US, despite the decades of sanctioning to try to make them poor. They still put their resources to smarter use and keep more of their babies alive than our great prosperous empire (the US) does.
Can you imagine it's all races of poor people across the country got together and stood against this corrupt government. What would we achieve together.
@@coltonwilkie241Probably nothing? Maybe because it hasn’t been tried yet. The US is way better off if the entire system was replaced from the ground up, because it’s clear that the current system only prioritizes the war machine and the wealthy. I mean, look how much the US has funded Israel, who’s currently committing several human rights violations against the Palestinians while some citizens back home continue to have food insecurity. Companies are making record profits and CEOs are buying their 16th yacht while the middle class are struggling to put food on the table despite working 3 jobs. This system isn’t working, and it shows.
Nothing for black people. We tried that I. The 60s. Got civil rights and not even us who worked hard for those benefit from those fruits other races do more than us… so for black people ? Absolutely nothing
I grew up in Chicago and was blessed to have parents who were part of The Black Party and was honored to be in a program head by Fred Hampton Jr.All power to the people ✊✊✊✊✊
I did get what you mean but they were not kids anybody under the age of 18 is a kid I hate when people do that let's give them the respect of being younger adults that didn't carry themselves like children let's give them that respect of an adult that's how I personally see it they were not kids they were adults they may have been younger adults and no one can say how long someone is going to live for that they have their whole lives ahead of them because we can go at any time
He could’ve became a great US president. If not he would’ve definitely became an influential politician. The FBI knew that and couldn’t let it happen. Either way he still is and always will be an important political figure.
One of my favorite books of all time. Even though John Perkins details his life in the book, there were moments I thought he fictionalized it. Like it's too outrageous to be reality.
America doesn't move forward, it pushes back. These aren't separate or disparate issues either, these issues and the injustices that perpetuate them are singular, they're global, and they stem from one specific struggle: it's class struggle, baby. Eat the rich
@@dipropraubha9434 They're exactly alike in that they're both being unfairly discredited in the same exact way: black supremacist goals, they want to destroy white people, inanely violent and destructive demonstrations, and general fear mongering and distortion disseminated to lose sympathy from the greater American public. What do you think Stop Asian Hate was about, or the viralization of videos and movements to directly counter BLM in 2020? It's simply cointelpro in the 21st century.
Unfortunately, the black Panthers are a twisted she'll of it's former self. 40 years of killing and imprisoning it's leaders will do that to any organization
I wrote a 10 page paper over this in my college honors history class and did a presentation over it, the whole class knew nothing about it. RIP Fred Hampton
When people say racism does not exist… this happened only 60 or so years ago… millennials, this is our parent’s s generation. Most of those people are still alive today. Those same people still have that racist mindset. Let that sink in…
@@rqche6689 What places? In what places are Christians oppressed by "radical atheists" in any way shape or form equivalent to Black people in the 1960? Give me literally any example of a place in which that is happening.
@@Nonamelol. he followed the law to a T and memorized every law that applied to him so he could prevent being wrongfully arrested. owning the tools to defend yourself rightfully by the law is not a crime. nor is encouraging the people affected by racial violence by police to legally defend themselves. but of course, you’ve never experienced that, and you can’t extend your mind to imagine even a fraction of that kind of oppression. would you say that same thing about those who fought for our country’s rights in the revolution?
@@Nonamelol. according to what law? Genuinely curious/uninformed. Is it different then when white supremacist groups nowadays march publicly with arms? I always assumed that was perfectly legal
@@aimless_aimer7936 Just look it up it’s not my job to educate you. If white supremacy groups are marching that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s a militia.
I’m so angry to have never before been educated about this American hero. Mr. Hampton deserves to live on in how we view our country and the policies that shape it moving forward.
@@CursxR0 You’re referring to a well trained militia that bore arms to protect their constitutional rights. Your understanding of patriotism comes across as conveniently self-serving.
When somebody is found out to be guilty of committing and hiding evidence of a murder, we usually don’t care what their reasons were… unless it’s the Feds, then we’re subject to a plethora of excuses.
You have rights don't you? You're able to work a job, earn a wage, buy property, eat the same food as others, drink the same water as others, go to the same restaurants as others. What exactly are you missing for you to be "treated as normal people"?
@@coltonwilkie241Say there’s a race, each lane is straight with even and equal surfaces. But at the start of the race, one of the competitors gets held down while the others went on ahead, and finally after got knows how long you finally release them. Is that a fair race?.
@@coltonwilkie241if I started a hot dog competition but held you away from the hot dog for 30 seconds then let go to let you eat the hot dog and you lose the competition can I then say it’s your fault you were too slow?
I was not taught any of this. I am a senior in college and I’ve never learned about it until now. I study sociology, which is the study of society and people within them/ issues within the world. I am shocked and sad. Please continue to learn outside of school!
Cause no one likes to be painted as th bad guy even when it's the truth. Cause excepting what's true means now those ppl have to see themselves differently
I think the police can be reformed, but then I remember stuff like this and I realize that you can't reform something that is working as intended. Reforming something would imply that something is broken or needs to be fixed, but I truly believe that the police and prison systems in America are 100% working as they were designed to work. The whole system needs to be thrown out and redesigned from the ground up.
@@VivoZzz I think they were implying that the police system is "working as intended" because they weren't really about protecting people from the start
@@cosmicowmix7154 yup. Supreme Court says its just a fancy motto. They aren't required to protect or serve the people the swore an oath to protect and serve.
You don't need to reform the police. The police is not here to help the oppressed. The oppressed must organize themselves and build solidarity for their own emancipation.
class struggle is a common struggle. fred hampton was a real revolutionary. looking to fight ONLY the fight of race, the fight of sexism, the fight of homophobia will fix none of the underlying issues of a capitalist society. as he rightly said, racism is not the problem, but the excuse for a system that benefits from the opression of the masses. honor and glory to his figure
Honestly there were heroes for all groups. The Women had people who fought for them LGBTQ had their heroes. Fred Hampton did his good work and found issues that he wanted to help with.
Probably getting myself put on a list by saying this but this is just another story which goes to show just how violent capitalism can be when it feels threatened by people wanting to take their power back into their own hands
Due to McCarthyism, a lot of Americans think anything left of Mussolini is socialism. Having basic social programs that literally every other rich nation has is socialism to them. It's sad because the indoctrination is so deep that even many poor Americans will reject the idea of introducing more social benefits because that's communism/socialism. Many don't even know what those words mean, they just know it's bad and 'unamerican'.
Most Americans never leave the country and the only concept of any other country is from the internet or tv Very important to understand when interacting with my people , the average worker can not afford a typical summer vacation most developed countries educated workers go on
@@jjcoola998 Save it, America is the one percent & the one percent has no interest in the rest of the pyramid so stop acting like the rest of the world is utopia when America is the Utopia
Being 21 myself I can only imagine what someone my age was experiencing being constantly maligned by there own government and eventually murdered in there bed for demanding basic human rights.
Those faces made by the police when they were carrying Fred's body is SO disgusting. It literally summarized how terrible and scary the discrimination in America during that time. Edit: These replies really informed me about this. I really thought that this whole situation is now getting worked upon little by little. Turns out, it is still the same.
The question that follows that is, "Would it still be America, or would it have fallen into the control of other countries?" The only point I am trying to make here is that no matter what the topic is, you can't know the outcome, be it good or bad, until it has passed and it is time to pick up the pieces and see what is still standing and that goes for anything and everything that brings change about. I do think that our country could have been made better, but I don't know for sure the best way to achieve that and neither does any of the rest of the world until it is too late to go back and try again. RIP in any case...
@@epictales1307 I'm glad you can admit you don't know the best way to better our country. Fred, the black panthers, and countless other black activist did know how to better our country for the common people. That is why the U.S. government murdered them.
And the minimum wage would probably be closer to where the wage of the 60’s was adjusted to inflation. If you adjust the minimum wage of the sixties to inflation it means that American minimum wage should be about 22 dollars an hour. Yet companies cry to even pay 15.
A nation that was founded on colonilism and genocide, a nation that has been at war since its inception never had an authority to lecture others on human rights and democracy
Bruh the US has done far worse things than what VOX has covered till now. How do you think the US came to be the most powerful country in the world? Even now they are funding a genocide of Palestinian people who have existed within the worlds largest open air prison for decades.
All power to the people. My dad, uncles, and aunts used to go and get free breakfast at the People's Free Food Program which was ran by the Black Panthers when they first moved to the west side of Chicago from Alabama in the early 70s. They also participated in what was called "survival programs" where the black panthers would provide transportation to my uncles and drive them to work. My dad and family were dirt poor when they first moved up here. The programs were a life line and helped them get on their feet. If it wasn't for the party my dad would've starved.
How would school implement any teaching? Obedience and credulity are in its dna. Even more considering history classes. Self-teaching is the best way to know and understand.
They're afraid to. They don't want our black children getting any ideas, they don't want a new Black Panther party to start up. And if anyone thinks black lives matter was ANYTHING like the Black Panther movement, they're nuts.
I learned about this recently when I went into a deep dive learning about the BPP and I’m surprised (but also not) that things like this aren’t a part of school curriculum bc it’s common knowledge
Because if they were to teach the truth, they know that people would not stand for the status quo today. A thorough and honest understanding of history in just the last 100 years would radicalise anybody to fight against the system.
The economic system in Canada was NEVER and STILL ISN"T socialist. The government imposes certain socialistic elements, but it's a straight up capitalist economy. All about profit. The only real truly socialist element that they ever implemented was universal healthcare, which the government wishes to change.
@Social Libertarian Universal healthcare has nothing to do with socialism? Okay then. It's a socialist ideal. It doesn't make a nation socialist for that nation to provide universal healthcare. It simply means that it has adopted a socialist principle. "Socialized medicine is, by definition, a healthcare system in which the government owns and operates healthcare facilities and employs the healthcare professionals, thus also paying for all healthcare services." That's Canada.
The horrible thing was, the police officers were smiling when they took the Fred Hampton's corpse. I mean you just killed a 19 year old man, with a bright future that can improve America.
The BBP wasn't simply democratic socialist as its used in common parlance today. They were at one point Maoists and even as they grew in the direction of reformism they also maintained a diversity of goals and internal ideologies which included a well justified desire for militant overthrow of the United States by the proletariat. Revolution as they understood it didn't end with them implementing free lunch programs and giving people healthcare. That is was only where it began.
So they say after they killed the leader. Why not arrest Hampton then and put him on trial? Heck, why not arrest the whole BPP if the FBI truly knew what they were doing?
He was trying to bring all the oppressed together to fight the power - his fatal sin against the establishment. May his soul rest in piece and his memory remain in the minds of the people.
The mere fact that free breakfast programs are still needed shows how great of a problem there is. It is a winner take all economy and society now more than it has been since the rise (and subsequent fall) of labor movements of the early 20th century.
@@jjcoola998 I taught after school programs in Akron and Kalamazoo and the kids that were in the programs essentially had to be there because their parents or single parent were still working obviously. The kids always also got an after school meal, which is think is great. But the fact subsidized meals are even required just shows how depressed wages are for a huge segment of society. But you know the old saying; Welfare for the rich and large corporations and rugged individualism for everyone else.
And they still forgot to mention AIM and various Asian groups the Coalition picked up after it left Chicago. They stood with and for *everyone* that society often still ignores, skips over, or straight up keeps kicking down at.
@@Chiraqboy-Theplugshit bruv are u fr? by your logic he shouldn't have trusted black people either then cos his own black body guard aided in his assasination
This is the first time I'm hearing of this story and to the extant of the black panther party's positive affect on struggling communities. It's a real shame but I hope that I can continue learning about stories like this and participating in the movements and messages people put their lives on the line for.
I think the difference... major difference actually, between the movements of the 60s and now is current movements have no actual aims/goals. unless you count making people "feel" like they're doing something. keep that in mind while you're participating!
“We don't think you fight fire with fire best; we think you fight fire with water best. We're going to fight racism not with racism, but we're going to fight with solidarity." - Fred Hampton
It's a flawed strategy destines for failure. That's why it never works. The lines are drawn throughout the worl based on race and bloodlines. Once you know who's who, you'll know why certain nations maintain strong ties as allies and why the racial composition of wealth is consistent all over the world.
Those devils came to murder fred that night. Absolute Evil wickedness. The FBI was specifically set up to dismantle the Black panther party by any means. Rest in peace to all the comrades.👏🏾🙏🏾🕊️💯
Because we’d have to hold the systems in place that sent them, which, when presented in federal court, would create too large of a legal precedent in favor of the welfare of black people. In short, because they don’t care about black people.
I think there was a settlement (the FBI and others payed) between the two parties (there was also law suit against the government acctors involved. There is a wikipedia article explaining it I think.)
