Contents

Introduction 1969: The Year of No Return

Part I: Rendezvous with Death

1    Meeting a Revolutionary

2    Born and Bred in Atlanta

3    Young Fred Hampton, an Early Activist

4    Chicago, Becoming a Lawyer

5    Fred and the Rise of the Panthers

6    Convergence

7    Struggle in the Streets—PLO Begins

8    Panthers Versus Police

9    Last Glimpse

10    A Knock at the Door

11    Hanrahan Versus Panthers

Part II: Exposing the Murder

12    “A Northern Lynching”

13    The Battle for Hearts and Minds

14    Farewell to a Revolutionary

15    Panthers Indicted

16    The Survivors Go Public

17    A Puzzling Victory

18    Sue the Bastards

19    Shootout in Carbondale

20    Vietnam and Protest

21    The Carbondale Trial

22    Prosecuting Hanrahan

23    Revolt at Attica

24    Two Bad Decisions

Part III: The FBI’s Clandestine Operation

25    The Snitch

26    Back in Court

27    Floor Plan for Murder

28    On the Trail of COINTELPRO

29    Groth’s Informant

30    Hiding COINTELPRO

31    Number One on the “Hit” Parade

Part IV: Injustice on Trial

32    Opening Day

33    “I Am No Solomon”

34    The Deluge

35    O’Neal Gets a Bonus

36    December 4, Revisited

37    An Honest FBI Man

38    Witness O’Neal

39    The Shooters

40    Facing Hanrahan and Jail

41    Fred, the “Messiah”

42    A Shameful End

43    Boiling Over

44    Rock Bottom

45    Out of the Abyss

Part V: Vindication

46    A Victory

47    Onward

48    Seize the Time


Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Glossary

Sources

Index