8/6: Brecht Forum Presents Black August Special Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.

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You don't want to miss this one. Special NYC apperance by Fred Hampton Jr. the son of the slain Black Panther Party Chairman Fred Hampton. Also special screening of classic Black Panther films

The Brecht Forum

451 West Street Between Bank and Bethune

A,C,E, L train to 14th Street and 8th Avenue 

212-242-4201, ext.11

August 6th, 2012 7:00 PM

BLACK AUGUST FILM SPECIAL

You Can't Kill A Revolution:

Film Screening and Discussion with Chairman Fred Hampton Jr

Video Freex) |24 minutes | 1969 | USA

"You can kill a revolutionary, but you can't kill a revolutionary" was the mantle of  late Black Panther Party(BPP) leader Fred Hampton. Leader of the Illinois chapter of the BPP, originated of the rainbow coalition (a alliance of Puerto Rican, white and Black youth groups) as well a major theoretician, Hampton was assassinated by Chicago police on December 4th 1969.

Tonight we remember the legacy of Hampton and all freedom fighters with a special Black August film screening of "Fred Hampton in Chicago" a video shot by the Video Freex Collective. The screening will be followed with a discussion with Hampton's son. Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.,