The assassination of Chicago Black Panther Party leaders Fred Hampton and Mark Clark happened on December 4, 1969. While Hampton and Clark’s murders were rightly front and center, the wounding of the Chicago Panthers’ Minister of Heath Ronald “Doc” Satchel is often forgotten. Satchel, then 19, joined the organization after seeing the dynamic Hampton speak. […]
We’ll never look at Daniel Kaluuya or LaKeith Stanfield the same again! Warner Bros. Pictures just released the new trailer for “Judas & The Black Messiah” and we’re completely blown away. The film, which was directed by Shaka King and executive produced by Ryan and Zinzi Coogler and Charles King, is about one of the most powerful black men in […]
“Get Out” stars Daniel Kaluuya and Lakeith Stanfield are in talks to star in Ryan Coogler’s “Jesus Was My Homeboy,” a movie about the assassinated Black Panther activist Fred Hampton. Coogler has teamed up with Charles D. King’s Macro, the production company behind “Fences,” “Mudbound” and “Sorry to Bother You,” to produce the film for Warner Bros, with Shaka King (“Newlyweeds”) on board to […]
Fred Hampton was an activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois Black Panther Party in the 1960’s. His death was a major crime investigation, with charges of conspiracy from the FBI. Hampton studied law and used his knowledge to watch for police brutality cases with the NAACP and the Black Panther Party. After joining the […]
