Praise for The Assassination of Fred Hampton
“This book of the assassination of a sleeping Fred Hampton by Chicago police working for a mad state’s attorney is more important NOW than it was THEN. It is a revelation of how the powerful of our city use power—to keep truth distant. The hard truth is that this is a remarkable work.”
—Studs Terkel
“A chilling account … essential reading…. This book should be read, talked about, and broadcast far and wide, not only to help grasp the government sanctioned tactics of forty years ago, but for its ongoing relevance to seeing what ways ideology has corrupted American political institutions—and what we can do about it.”
—Kathleen Cleaver, Emory University School of Law, former communications secretary of the Black Panther Party Chicago, former SDS leader, and author
“Required political reading, especially for conservatives who are genuinely concerned about the damage secret government can do.”
—Chicago Daily Observer
“Part history, part courtroom drama, part literary memoir, [The Assassination of Fred Hampton] evokes with chilling precision a bloody and desperate repressive state apparatus locked in conflict with its greatest fear, a charismatic young black man with revolution on his mind.”
—William Ayers, professor of education, University of Illinois at Chicago
“A must-read.”
—Len Weinglass, lawyer and civil rights activist