As the world mourns the tragic passing of legendary actor Chadwick Boseman, known for his stirring depictions of iconic Black figures such as Jackie Robinson, James Brown, Thurgood Marshall, and the ...

Fred Hampton Sr., a Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed in Chicago during a 1969 police raid, received an honorary street name on Saturday on the Near West Side. Hampton's friends and ...

Daniel Kaluuya portrays Fred Hampton in the upcoming film Judas and the Black Messiah. Ahead of the release of Judas and the Black Messiah, Daniel Kaluuya recently spoke about portraying Fred Hampton, ...

LOS ANGELES -- "Judas and the Black Messiah," directed by Shaka King, dramatizes the life and death of Fred Hampton, the former chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party who was 21 years old when ...

When James Baldwin wrote about the killing of Fred Hampton, he was not trying to persuade readers that the killing was unjustified. He assumed they already understood what had happened. Hampton, 21 ...

A GoFundMe effort called Save the Hampton House, started in December, has now surpassed its $350,000 goal. The childhood home of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton will soon become a community center, ...

MAYWOOD — The Illinois childhood home of Fred Hampton, an iconic Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed during a 1969 police raid of his Chicago apartment, has been designated a historical ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. The Athens-Clarke County Library hosted the Rainbow Coalition Potluck in honor of ...

CHICAGO, Illinois (WBBM) — Fred Hampton Sr., a Black Panther Party leader who was shot and killed in Chicago during a 1969 police raid, received an honorary street name on Saturday on the Near West ...