The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther

I began a quest to learn as much about the Black Panther Party as I could last summer and this was the first book I read. Haas was one of the small cohort of BPP and socialist group lawyers and tells the story from his perspective, but does a great job of explaining complicated legal procedures and investigation details during the course of the litigation. The book, like most detailing the government’s homicidal reaction to leftist visionaries, will make your blood boil, but it is necessary history and documentation. I recommend this book.