Fred Hampton

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/fred-hampton

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. When was Fred Hampton born?August 30, 1948
2. Where was Fred Hampton born?Alexandria, Virginia
3. What is the career?American activist and revolutionary communist
4. What is the related topics?Black Panther Party, COINTELPRO, Civil Rights Movement, Black Power Movement
5. Who was Fred Hampton?Fred Hampton was a young leader who worked to make everyone treated fairly and to bring people of different races together.
6. What was the Rainbow Coalition?The Rainbow Coalition was a group that brought together Black Panthers, white youth, Puerto Rican activists, and even some street gangs so they could work together to help their communities.

Marxist-Leninist: An adherent to the political and economic theories of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, advocating for a classless society and state control of the means of production.
Counterintelligence Program (COINTELPRO): A series of covert and often illegal projects conducted by the FBI to surveil, infiltrate, discredit, and disrupt domestic political organizations.
Multicultural Political Organization: A group that brings together people from diverse ethnic, racial, and cultural backgrounds to achieve common political goals.