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[letsscorpio71]

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[sablesouls]

By all accounts, Hampton was one of the most articulate and persuasive African American leaders of his time. His quiet demeanor and restrained speaking style belied the abrasive image most people attached to the Black Panthers. The Rev. Thomas Strieter, a member of the Maywood village board who knew Hampton from his earliest days as an organizer, was quoted in a 1994 Chicagomagazine article as saying that Hampton “had charm coming out his ears. My impression of the Black Panthers in Oakland (California) was that they were thugs. Fred was not a thug.” Former Chicago corporation counsel James Montgomery called him “one of the most persuasive speakers I’ve ever heard.” Dr. Quentin Young, a member of Chicago Mayor Harold Washington’s inner circle, went even further. “He (Hampton) was a giant, and this is not some idle white worship of a black man,” he was quoted in Chicago as saying. “This is a terrible way to put it, but the people who made it their business to kill the leaders of the black movement picked the right ones.” Indeed, while Hampton impressed many of the people with whom he came into contact as a great leader and talented communicator, those very qualities marked him as a major threat in the eyes of the FBI and other concerned agencies. The FBI began keeping close tabs on his activities, and subsequent investigations have shown that FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover was determined to prevent the formation of a cohesive Black radical movement in the United States. Hoover saw the Panthers, and gang coalitions like that forged by Hampton in Chicago, as frightening stepping stones toward the creation of just such a revolutionary body. #amerikkka #pigs #americanlegalsystem #prison #fredhampton #blackpanther #blackpantherparty #fbi #jedgarhoover