Now we know the extent of Mitchell’s activities — 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 ...

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 ...

Here she describes the appeal of the Black Panthers, her commitment to their ideology, and her impressions of Chicago Panther leader Fred Hampton, who would be murdered in his bed by Illinois law ...