The American Nightmare: 20th Century U.S. History, Red Scares, & Fred Hampton
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The Importance of Black Nationalism in the Black Panther Party
The young patriots flew the Confederate flag as their symbol. They had adopted the Confederate flag for a sense of historical identity because they were treated like the quote unquote white trash by other whites. Fred Hampton formed an alliance with the young lords, um, originally a reporter we can street gang, but that he evolved into an organization that was fighting gentrification in Lincoln Park. He addressed those guys and brought so many of them into the movement.
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