The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Haas, Jeffrey.
The assassination of Fred Hampton : how the FBI and the Chicago police murdered a Black Panther / Jeffrey Haas.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-55652-765-4 (hardcover)
1. Hampton, Fred, 1948-1969. 2. Assassination—Illininois—Chicago. 3. Black Panther Party. I. Title.
HV6289.C4H33 2009
322.4’2092—dc22
2009025604
Cover and interior design: Jonathan Hahn
Cover photos: (top) © Bettman/CORBIS; (bottom) courtesy of Chicago Mobile Crime Lab Photo gallery credits: pages 1–2 courtesy of the Hampton family; pages 4–7, 8 (bottom), 9 (top), 10, 12, 13 (bottom), and 14 © Paul Sequiera; page 11 (top) courtesy Joe Moreno, Chicago Daily News, with permission by the Sun-Times News Group; page 16 (top) © Kathy Richland; page 16 (bottom) © Delores Smith
© 2010 by Jeffrey Haas
All rights reserved
First hardcover edition published 2010
First paperback edition published 2011
Published by Lawrence Hill Books
An imprint of Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
ISBN 978-1-56976-709-2
Printed in the United States of America
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