The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther
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