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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

As part of WGN’s Black History Month coverage, Micah Materre hosted a half-hour special featuring an exclusive conversation with surviving members of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party.

On Dec. 5, several events in the City of Chicago are set to honor the life and tragic assassination of Fred Hampton, 55 years after he and another Black Panther Party leader, Mark Clark, were ...

Mike Stephen discusses the impact of the departure of the Chicago Housing Authority CEO with Block Club Chicago investigative editor Mick ... Housing in Chicago, A crisis in Illinois Early ...

Black Panther Party, American, 1966 - 1982 Description A first edition copy of A Panther is a Black Cat: a Study in Depth of the Black Panther Party - its Origins, its Goals, its Struggle for Survival ...

The Brief. Black Panther Party museum launches new exhibit about history of party's social service programs; Frederika Newton says the party organized more than 65 community service programs to ...