Mar 10, 2011 - Sale 2239

Sale 2239 - Lot 191

Price Realized: $ 9,600
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(BLACK PANTHERS.) HAMPTON, FRED. Fred Hampton 1948-1969. When One of us Falls, 1000 will take his Place. Poster 22-1/4x16-3/4 inches, pinholes in the corners, where hung; some very light wear. Np, circa 1969
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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. According to witnesses, he was killed as he lay in bed in his apartment by a tactical unit of the Cook County, Illinois State's Attorney's Office, acting in conjunction with the Chicago Police Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. 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