Bobby Rush (center), Illinois Black Panther Party coordinator, speaks at an October 1972 news conference where he denounced the acquittal of Cook County State’s Attorney Edward V. Hanrahan and ...

Former Black Panther Party member Billy “Che” Brooks stands in front of a display of photos and the historical markers during a celebration kicking off the Black Panther Party Heritage Trail ...

However, Fred Hampton Jr., chairman of the Black Panther Party Cubs and the son of former Black Panther leader Fred Hampton Sr. — who was assassinated during a 1969 raid led by Chicago police ...

The aftermath of a 1969 police raid on Black Panther Party headquarters at 2350 West Madison Street in Chicago. The building has since been demolished, but other significant sites associated with ...

American political & social activist and Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton (1948 – 1969) raises his arms at the ‘Days of Rage’ rally, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1969.

Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale was in court with the Chicago Seven. The Illinois Chapter protested against his treatment and police harassment at Federal Plaza, 219 S. Dearborn.

The aftermath of a 1969 police raid on Black Panther Party headquarters at 2350 West Madison Street in Chicago. The building has since been demolished, but other significant sites associated with ...

Chicago-area events mark 55 years since Black Panther leader Fred Hampton's death in police raid. Fred Hampton, Jr. wants to turn site of raid into museum, build park next-door ...

Locations in Chicago where the Black Panther Party offered medical care, free breakfast and day care in the late 1960s and early 1970s are part of a proposed scattered-site Illinois landmark ...

Lust and Loss in the Upper Ranks of the Black Panther Party. Fabienne Josaphat’s novel “Kingdom of No Tomorrow” sets a love triangle amid late-1960s Oakland and Chicago.

In 1969, Jiménez joined forces with Fred Hampton of the Black Panther Party and William “Preacherman” Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization to form the Rainbow Coalition, a working ...