Bobby Rush (center), Illinois Black Panther Party coordinator, speaks at an October 1972 news conference where he denounced the acquittal of Cook County State’s Attorney Edward V. Hanrahan and ...

However, Fred Hampton Jr., chairman of the Black Panther Party Cubs and the son of former Black Panther leader Fred Hampton Sr. — who was assassinated during a 1969 raid led by Chicago police ...

Former Democratic Illinois Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who went to prison for using campaign funds for personal expenses, is ...

Fellow Black Panther Billy “Che” Brooks said one question about the party’s leader has plucked at his nerves since Hampton was killed in a police raid 50 years ago: “Who the hell drugged ...

The aftermath of a 1969 police raid on Black Panther Party headquarters at 2350 West Madison Street in Chicago. The building has since been demolished, but other significant sites associated with ...

Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther party, shares vivid memories of being bound and gagged during the famous conspiracy trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

“Black Panther Party 50 Year Retrospective” isn’t just an in-depth history lesson. As much as it recounts the history of the Illinois Panthers, it also relates a story of present-day ...

Friday, October 15, marked 55 years since the Black Panther Party (BPP) was founded in Oakland, California, and 53 years since the late civil rights activist Fred Hampton joined the BPP’s Illinois ...

The need for a Black Panthers thematic district is urgent, said both Wills and Billy Brooks, who helped organize the Chicago chapter of the Oakland, Calif.-based Black Panther Party in autumn 1968.

American political & social activist and Black Panther Party member Fred Hampton (1948 – 1969) raises his arms at the ‘Days of Rage’ rally, Chicago, Illinois, October 11, 1969.

Black Panther Party Chairman Bobby Seale was in court with the Chicago Seven. The Illinois Chapter protested against his treatment and police harassment at Federal Plaza, 219 S. Dearborn.

Dozens of people gathered today at the location where Chicago police raided a West Side two-flat 50 years ago, shooting and killing Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.