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Fred Hampton, Jimi Hendrix, and Other Black Legends Who Died Too Young

Photo: Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis // Michael Ochs Archive // Chicago Tribune file photo/Tribune News Service (Getty Images) As we celebrate Black History Month, and the many Black people who were so instrumental in changing the world we live in, we also want to take the time to remember and honor those who died way too early. […]

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LaKeith Stanfield Talks Playing Jesus in The Book of Clarence”

On Friday, the highly anticipated Biblical epic from Jeymes Samuel, “The Book of Clarence” hits theaters. “Obey Your Crazy”: ‘The Book of Clarence’ Cast Shares Their 10 Commandments for Living Off English In it, LaKeith Stanfield stars in the titular role as Clarence, a down-on-his-luck, streetwise “nobody” struggling to find a better life for his […]

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15 Of Fred Hampton’s Most Political And Revolutionary Quotes

NewsOne Featured Video CLOSE Source: Chicago Tribune / Getty UPDATED: Dec. 4, 2023, 6:30 p.m. Fred Hampton, the leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers who was assassinated in a home by Chicago police 54 years ago on Monday, was the living personification of the word “revolutionary” by any standard. He was only […]

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Remembering The Politics Of Fred Hampton’s Assassination By Chicago Police

NewsOne Featured Video [embedded content] UPDATED 5:00 p.m. EDT, Dec. 4, 2023 Assassinated on Dec. 4, 1969, Chairman Fred Hampton was one of the major figures in the original Black Panther Party that rose to prominence after the height of the civil rights movement. The extrajudicial murder of Hampton and his comrade, Mark Clark, 54 years […]

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