Fred Hampton: Black Panthers in Chicago   00:24:00 1969
The Videofreex conducted this interview with Fred Hampton, the Deputy Chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, in October 1969, just over a month before he was killed by the Chicago police. "We recorded Hampton with a wide angle lens at the home of a wealthy Chicago woman named Lucy Montgomery. She owned a Prairie School house furnished with modern art. Hampton arrived late with a small entourage and paid no attention to the lavish surroundings. He looked tired but strong. He was chairman of the Illinois chapter of the party, and though he was just my age, he seemed so much older than me. If our crawling around to frame him from all different angles bothered him, he didn't let on. He had a message to impart and ignored the distraction. " --Parry D. Teasdale, Videofreex: America's First Pirate TV Station, Black-Dome Press During the interview, Fred Hampton talks articulately and passionately about the Breakfast Club and Free Health Clinic set up by the Black Panthers to feed and tend to the poor and hungry. In response to a specific question about events in Chicago and the conspiracy trail, he talks about how those running the city are "crazy with power", about racism, fascism and imperialism, and the need to educate and organize, to lead by example. He criticizes the recent Weathermen actions, seeing the group as counter-revolutionaries. In reply to a question about how they will defend themselves from retaliations from the powers that be, Hampton says that the struggle is not about individual people, but the masses, and that there will always be new people coming up to replace them.	Biography of Videofreex Titles by Videofreex: After the Bar with Tony and Michael Building Dome in Riverbi Earth People's Park CBS--Lily and Cleaver Tapes Chicago Travelogue: Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and the Yippies Chicago Travelogue: The Weathermen Davidson's Jail Tape Fred Hampton: Black Panthers in Chicago Fred Hampton: Chant and Demonstration Hells Angel Run Incredible String Band Interviews in the Street II Jerusalem Tapes: Second Brain, Arab Feedback Jerusalem Tapes: [Israeli] Black Panther on the Street Lanesville Overview I Lanesville TV Edit--Catskill Game Farm Mayday Realtime New Haven: Abbie Hoffman and the National Guard Process Video Revolution Ricky's Magic The Sheik Who Shook Lanesville Trashing and Gassing in Miami: The 1972 Republican Convention Women's Lib Demonstration NYC Women's Lib Discussion: Burning Theatre and Alternate U Women's Lib Rally