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He died in 1990 and a medical examiner determined the cause of death wassuicide.
True to the deep bond they share in Kings film,their first conversation was about poetry.
She and her son, Fred Hampton Jr., consulted onJudas and the Black Messiah.
We didnt even know that.
We made an assumption and it turned out to be correct.
Hampton would be assassinated just weeks later.
A deeper dive into the trial and the casecan be found here, courtesy of the New HavenIndependent.
Black Panther Bobby Leecalled Fespermanone of the best human beings I have ever met.
Satchel was one of the Panthers who was severely injured during the police raid at Hamptons apartment.
At the BPPs peak, women comprisedover 60 percentof membership.
Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party with his former Merritt College classmate Bobby Seale in October 1966.
(InJudas and the Black Messiah, Hoover says, Prison made Huey Newton a celebrity.)
While serving four years for his contempt-of-court charges, Seale was also charged with the murder of Alex Rackley.
Those charges against Seale were later dismissed, and Seale was set free in 1972.
He later becamea Mormon, a Reagan-loving Republican, and a fashion designer.
It is believed that the animosity was in part due to manipulation by Hoovers COINTELPRO.
