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On Dec. 4, 1969, Fred Hampton, the rising star of the Black Panther Party, was killed in a police raid at his West Side apartment in Chicago, which immortalized him as a hero of the civil rights movement. Here, Hampton, left, the head of the Illinois Black Panthers, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, right, rally with others against the trial of eight people accused of conspiracy to start a riot at the Democratic National Convention. The rally was held outside the Federal Building on Oct. 29, 1969. Editors note: There is damage to this historic print.
On Dec. 4, 1969, Fred Hampton, the rising star of the Black Panther Party, was killed in a police raid at his West Side apartment in Chicago, which immortalized him as a hero of the civil rights movement. Here, Hampton, left, the head of the Illinois Black Panthers, and Dr. Benjamin Spock, right, rally with others against the trial of eight people accused of conspiracy to start a riot at the Democratic National Convention. The rally was held outside the Federal Building on Oct. 29, 1969. Editors note: There is damage to this historic print.
Fred Hampton, left, chairman of the Black Panthers, speaks during a press conference with the Young Lords (Puerto Rican civil and human rights group) on Oct. 10, 1969, at Holy Covenant United Methodist Church. With Hampton are, from left, Pablo “Yoruba” Guzman, a Young Lord from New York, Jose “Cha-Cha” Jimenez, founder of the Young Lords of Chicago, and Mike Klonsky, a Students for a Democratic Society spokesman.
Chicago Police Department mug shots of Fred Hampton from 1968.
Chicago Police Department mug shots of Fred Hampton from 1968.
Black Panther Fred Hampton testifies at a meeting on the death of two West Side men in 1969.
Black Panther Fred Hampton testifies at a meeting on the death of two West Side men in 1969.
Fred Hampton, of the Illinois Black Panthers, speaks at a rally at Chicago's Grant Park in September 1969. Editors note: There is damage to this historic print.
Fred Hampton, of the Illinois Black Panthers, speaks at a rally at Chicago’s Grant Park in September 1969. Editors note: There is damage to this historic print.
Police stand outside an apartment building at 2337 W. Monroe St. in Chicago after a bloody and controversial raid Dec. 4, 1969, where Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed.
Police stand outside an apartment building at 2337 W. Monroe St. in Chicago after a bloody and controversial raid Dec. 4, 1969, where Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were killed.
Several bullet holes mar the north wall of the front bedroom in Black Panther Fred Hampton's Chicago apartment Dec. 12, 1969. The living room is on the other side of the wall. Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark were slain there Dec. 4.
Several bullet holes mar the north wall of the front bedroom in Black Panther Fred Hampton’s Chicago apartment Dec. 12, 1969. The living room is on the other side of the wall. Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark were slain there Dec. 4.
The rear bedroom in which Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was killed at 2337 Monroe St. on Dec. 4, 1969, during a raid by state's attorney's police. This photo was taken on Dec. 12, 1969.
The rear bedroom in which Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was killed at 2337 Monroe St. on Dec. 4, 1969, during a raid by state’s attorney’s police. This photo was taken on Dec. 12, 1969.
An overturned bed and table in the living room at Black Panther Fred Hampton's West Side apartment, 2337 W. Monroe St., seven days after a deadly Dec. 4, 1969, police raid.
An overturned bed and table in the living room at Black Panther Fred Hampton’s West Side apartment, 2337 W. Monroe St., seven days after a deadly Dec. 4, 1969, police raid.
The rear bedroom where Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was killed Dec. 4, 1969, during a raid on his apartment by police. The photo was taken Dec. 12.
The rear bedroom where Black Panther leader Fred Hampton was killed Dec. 4, 1969, during a raid on his apartment by police. The photo was taken Dec. 12.
Guns and ammunition police said they confiscated from a raid of Black Panther Fred Hampton's West Side apartment Dec. 4, 1969. The photo was taken Dec. 11.
Guns and ammunition police said they confiscated from a raid of Black Panther Fred Hampton’s West Side apartment Dec. 4, 1969. The photo was taken Dec. 11.
The parents of Fred Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hampton, second and third from left, weep during a memorial service for their son Dec. 9, 1969, at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park.
The parents of Fred Hampton, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hampton, second and third from left, weep during a memorial service for their son Dec. 9, 1969, at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park.
Mourners pass the coffin of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton at his memorial service Dec. 9, 1969, at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park.
Mourners pass the coffin of Black Panther leader Fred Hampton at his memorial service Dec. 9, 1969, at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park.
People attend the funeral service for slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park on Dec. 9, 1969. After the service, Hampton's body was taken to O'Hare International Airport.
People attend the funeral service for slain Black Panther leader Fred Hampton at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park on Dec. 9, 1969. After the service, Hampton’s body was taken to O’Hare International Airport.
A Black Panther rally is held at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany on the Near West Side at 201 S. Ashland Ave. on Dec. 6, 1969, two days after the fatal shooting of leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.
A Black Panther rally is held at the Episcopal Church of the Epiphany on the Near West Side at 201 S. Ashland Ave. on Dec. 6, 1969, two days after the fatal shooting of leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.
A crowd forms in front of the apartment building where Black Panther Fred Hampton lived as members of a grand jury enter the West Side building Jan. 8, 1970. Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark were killed in a police raid there Dec. 4, 1969.
A crowd forms in front of the apartment building where Black Panther Fred Hampton lived as members of a grand jury enter the West Side building Jan. 8, 1970. Hampton and fellow Panther Mark Clark were killed in a police raid there Dec. 4, 1969.
A Black Panther rally is held Dec. 31, 1969, at Civic Center Plaza (later named the Richard J. Daley Center) less than a month after the killing of Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark at Hampton's apartment on the West Side.
A Black Panther rally is held Dec. 31, 1969, at Civic Center Plaza (later named the Richard J. Daley Center) less than a month after the killing of Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark at Hampton’s apartment on the West Side.
People picket in front of the Criminal Courts Building on Jan. 6, 1970, during an inquest into the killing of Illinois Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on Dec. 4, 1969.
People picket in front of the Criminal Courts Building on Jan. 6, 1970, during an inquest into the killing of Illinois Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark on Dec. 4, 1969.
William O'Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the Black Panthers in Illinois, circa February 1973.
William O’Neal, the FBI informant who infiltrated the Black Panthers in Illinois, circa February 1973.
Cook County State's Attorney Edward Hanrahan, left, speaks at a news conference Dec. 11, 1969, at the Chicago Civic Center. Officials discussed the fatal Dec. 4 police raid of Black Panther Fred Hampton's West Side apartment.
Cook County State’s Attorney Edward Hanrahan, left, speaks at a news conference Dec. 11, 1969, at the Chicago Civic Center. Officials discussed the fatal Dec. 4 police raid of Black Panther Fred Hampton’s West Side apartment.
A model of Fred Hampton's apartment, shown at FBI offices in Chicago on May 15, 1970, shows the floor plan. The vantage point of the photo is toward the west, with notations where Hampton and fellow Black Panther Mark Clark were killed.
A model of Fred Hampton’s apartment, shown at FBI offices in Chicago on May 15, 1970, shows the floor plan. The vantage point of the photo is toward the west, with notations where Hampton and fellow Black Panther Mark Clark were killed.