Considering the power of such a statement ... including how they aided the killing of the Black Panther Party’s Fred Hampton. The following is taken from Aaron J. Leonard’s new book Meltdown ...

Events across the Chicago area Wednesday are marking 55 years since Fred Hampton's death. The civil rights leader and Black Panther chairman was killed in a Chicago police and FBI raid ...

The first thing you remember about Fred [Hampton ... the Black Panther party. You'd have Fred out there, rallying them. He'd say, "All right, al right, all right, power to the people!" ...