Black Panther Party Activist Fred Hampton’s 1960s Speech On Race & Class – The Majority Report

Posted by Michael Brooks | Dec 8, 2016 | Majority Report Show, Not on Front Page, Politics, Social Justice | 0 |

Majority Report Contributor Michael Brooks is hosting the show today. In this clip, we watch activist Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and deputy chairman of the national BPP give a speech to a roomfull of people on the devastating effects of racial divisions and infighting within the working class. Hampton was assassinated while sleeping during a raid by the Chicago PD in 1969.

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Michael Brooks

Michael Brooks is the co-host of 2 Dope Boys & a Podcast, and a contributor and host of Michael Mondays on the Majority Report. He appears regularly as an analyst on outlets including The Young Turks, Al Jazeera, CCTV, Huffpost Live and Ring of Fire. His writing has appeared in the Washington Post, Al Monitor and PSFK. Read more at Michaeljamalbrooks.com