词条 | Fred Hampton Jr. |
释义 |
| image = Fred Hampton Jr. 20180415-2289 (cropped).jpg | caption = Hampton Jr. speaking at a 2018 anti-war rally in Oakland | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1969|12|29}} | birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = | alma_mater = | occupation = Activist | years_active = 1988–present | employer = | organization = | known_for = Prisoners of Conscience Committee/Black Panther Party Cubs (Chairman) | parents = Fred Hampton and Deborah Johnson }} Fred Hampton Jr. (born December 29, 1969) is an African-American political activist and the son of Fred Hampton Sr. His father was a Black Panther who was killed by the Chicago police. Hampton's 19-year-old mother, Deborah Johnson, was nine months pregnant with him when Hampton Sr. was killed in her presence during the police raid of the early morning hours of December 4, 1969. Hampton Sr. was 21 at the time of his death. BiographyFred Hampton Jr. is the son of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton and his girlfriend, Deborah Johnson. He was given the name Alfred Johnson at birth. His mother had it legally changed to "Fred Hampton Jr." when he was ten years old.[1] Hampton Jr. became the president of the International People's Democratic Uhuru Movement in 1990. 1993 convictionIn 1993, he was convicted of aggravated arson. The case involved the firebombing of a Korean grocery store in the aftermath of the 1992 nationwide protests after the acquittal of the Los Angeles Police Department officers who beat Rodney King. Hampton was sentenced to eighteen years in prison, and was paroled on September 14, 2001. Prisoners of Conscience CommitteeHampton is the chairman of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee (P.O.C.C.) and Black Panther Party Cubz. On July 3, 2013, Hampton and three others filed a false arrest and excessive force lawsuit against Oakland and Emeryville, claiming that they were held for almost three hours on January 21, 2013 in retaliation for their well-known activism.[2] Pop cultureHampton made an appearance in Michel Gondry's 2006 film Dave Chappelle's Block Party. His trial forms the basis of Fall Out Boy's song "You're Crashing, But You're No Wave". He and his father Fred Hampton Sr. are mentioned in the song "Behind Enemy Lines" by Dead Prez, as well as "Clap for the Killers" by Street Sweeper Social Club. References1. ^https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/radical-without-a-cause/Content?oid=896749 2. ^Tim Phillips, "Fred Hampton Jr. and Three Other Activists Sue Oakland and Emeryville Over Police Misconduct", Activist Defense, July 8, 2013. External links{{commonscat}}
5 : 1969 births|Living people|Activists for African-American civil rights|People from Chicago|Activists from Illinois |
随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识,基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识,是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。