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BLACK PANTHER PARTY BULLETIN ON THE ASSASINATION OF FRED HAMPTON
An original Bulletin, 4pp. 18" x 12 1/2", distributed by the Ministry of Information of the Black Panther Party, published December 1969 in the aftermath of Party Chairman Fred Hampton''s death during a raid on his Chicago headquarters. The bulletin is four pages calling for the indictment of law enforcement officers and city fathers for their role in Hampton''s killing which by most accounts amounted to cold-blooded murder. The bulletin begins with a ''Statement To The People'' on the assassinations of Hampton and fellow Panthers'' leader Mark Clark by ''Hanrahan''s Pig Force''. The statement further asserts that ''…the murderous dog pigs killed the Chairman [Hampton] while he laid asleep in his bed. The broke into his home, in the dark of the night, the same way the Klu Klux Klan and the Black Legionairres broke into the homes of Black people and murdered them in their sleep.'' Another article alleges that, hours after the raid that killed Hampton and Clark, Police raided the home of Panthers'' Deputy Minister of Defense, Bobby Rush, but Rush ''escaped being murdered'' by making certain he and his family weren''t there. Included with this rare publication are the actual source documents used by the Ministry of Information to create the bulletin''s front page including the image of Hampton, an original paste-up, and a proof sheet produced before the final copy went to press. Obtained by a Playboy Magazine reporter on-location in the aftermath of the deadly raid. Condition of all documents is excellent with only minor chipping along the Bulletin''s edge. The bulletin measures 18'' x 12.5'' when closed.

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