1971Nominee
Best Performance
Breathing Together: Revolution of the Electric Family
Fred Hampton
Actor
Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
August 30, 1948
Biography
From Wikipedia. Fred Hampton (August 30, 1948 – December 4, 1969) was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party (BPP). He was assassinated as he lay in bed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney's Office (SAO), in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Hampton's death was chronicled in the 1971 documentary film The Murder of Fred Hampton, as well as an episode of the critically acclaimed documentary series Eyes on the Prize. Description above from the Wikipedia article Fred Hampton, licensed under CC-BY-SA,full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1990Winner
Best Performance
The FBI's War on Black America
1971Nominee
Best Performance
The Murder of Fred Hampton
Career Highlights
2010Highlight
Best Performance
COINTELPRO 101
2015Highlight
Best Performance
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
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The Murder of Fred Hampton
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Bastards of the Party