Fred Hampton was born August 30, 1948 in Summit New Jersey he was a Black Panther and civil rights activist in Chicago Illinois. He was the youngest of three children. He was raised in Chicago suburb of Maywood ,Illinois. Hampton earned three varsity letters and won a junior achievement award in Proviso Eastwood high school. And then in 1966 he graduated with honors. He was also in the NAACP and showed signs of great leadership. And then on December 4 ,1969 he was killed by the FBI in his own home.