I Am a Revolutionary - Fred Hampton Speaks

I believe Im going to die doing the things I was born to do. I believe Im going to die high off the people. I believe Im going to die a revolutionary Fred HamptonFred Hampton was one of the most promising Black radical leaders of the 20th century. As Deputy Chairman of the Black Panthers, his speeches reverberated through Chicago and across America during the movement for Black liberation in the 1960s. But his talents brought him to the attention of the FBI, who assassinated him at his home, aged only 21.This is the first time these breathtaking speeches have appeared in print. Hamptons deeply radical rhetoric leaps from the page, showcasing his unique ability to weave together the dual oppressions of race and class with flair, and foregrounding his commitment to the solidarity of revolutionary internationalism.

List of contents

Introduction Bedour Alagraa Foreword Fred Hampton Jr.1. I Am a Revolutionary2. Political Prisoner3. You Can Kill a Revolutionary but You Cant Kill the Revolution4. Power Anywhere Where There Are People5. Its a Class Struggle Goddammit!6. Negro Fights Back7. Im Not Afraid to Say Im At War With the Pigs8. The Black Panther Revolution9. Against Racism10. Die for the people11. Peace to You, If Youre Willing to Fight for ItEpilogue: On the Importance of Political EducationAppendix: Interview with Akua Njeri

About the author

Fred Hampton (1948-1969) was Deputy Chairman of the Black Panther Party and Chairman of the Chicago chapter. He founded the Rainbow Coalition, a multicultural political organisation that included the Panthers, the working-class Young Patriots, the (Latino) Young Lords and Chicago street gangs, to help work for social change. He was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department and the FBI, aged only 21.
Fred Hampton Jr. is the president and chairman of the Prisoners of Conscience Committee and the Black Panther Party Cubs.
Bedour Alagraa is Assistant Professor of Political and Social Thought in the Department of African and African Diaspora Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.

Summary

The speeches of a Black Panther that set a movement on fire, in print for the first time

Product details

• Authors: Fred Hampton
• Assisted by: Bedour Alagraa (Editor), Fred Hampton Jr (Editor), Fred Hampton Jr. (Editor)
• Publisher: Pluto
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.10.2021
• EAN: 9780745346366
• ISBN: 978-0-7453-4636-6
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Black Critique
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; HISTORY / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / North America, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Speeches, Political leaders & leadership, Revolutions, uprisings, rebellions, c 1960 to c 1970, Far-left political ideologies and movements, History of the Americas, c 1954 to c 1968 (era of the American Civil Rights Movement), Political leaders and leadership, Black & Asian Studies, Marxism & Communism, Speeches, HISTORY / African American & Black, Violence, intolerance and persecution in history, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Relating to African American / Black American people, HISTORY / Revolutions, Uprisings & Rebellions