Contributor(s): Author: Jakobi Williams In this comprehensive history of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (ILBPP), Chicago native Jakobi Williams demonstrates that the city\'s Black Power movement was both a response to and an extension of the city\'s civil rights movement.
Williams focuses on the life and violent death of Fred Hampton, a charismatic leader who served as president of the NAACP Youth Council and continued to pursue a civil r.
Contributor(s): Author: Jakobi Williams In this comprehensive history of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party (ILBPP), Chicago native Jakobi Williams demonstrates that the city\'s Black Power movement was both a response to and an extension of the city\'s civil rights movement