Illinois Chapter Sponsors Marker at Assassination Site
2337 W. Monroe to Receive Historical Marker
On December 4, 1969, Illinois Deputy Chairman Fred Hampton and Illinois Defense Captain Mark Clark were assassinated by a collusion between the FBI and Edward Hanrahan’s Chicago Police.
Photo: Chicago History Museum
Newspapers carried the false story of State’s Attorney Hanrahan. Evidence would later prove that the police shot 99 bullets into the apartment and tried to kill everyone inside. The so-called bullet holes in the pictures were proven to be nail heads.
Photo: Chicago Tribune
The Black Panther Party opened the apartment to show the public the evidence of what took place.
Photo: Chicago History Museum
Sacred Spaces
Help us reach our goal of placing historical markers at significant sites of the Black Panther Party in Chicago.
Sites
1. Headquarters - 2350 W. Madison Street, Chicago - DONE, SPONSOR: Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation
2. Spurgeon Jake Winters Free Medical Center - 3850 W. 16th Street, Chicago
3. Better Boys Foundation - Not demolished, new structure 1512 S. Pulaski, Chicago, DONE, Sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party
4. Southside Office - 4233 S. Indiana, Chicago
5. St. Dominic’s Church - 357 W. Locust, Chicago, DONE, This marker has been secured by the Northside Cadre
6. Assassination Site - 2337 W. Monroe, DONE, Sponsored by the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party