Fred Hampton, deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party, was born on August 30, 1948 and raised in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, Illinois. In high school he excelled in academics and athletics. After Hampton graduated from high school, he enrolled in a pre-law program at Triton Junior College in River Grove, Illinois. Hampton also became involved in the civil rights movement, joining his local branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). His dynamic leadership and organizational skills in the branch enabled him to rise to the position of Youth Council President. Hampton mobilized a racially integrated group of five hundred young people who successfully lobbied city officials to create better academic services and recreational facilities for African American children.

In 1968, Hampton joined the Black Panther Party (BPP), headquartered in Oakland, California. Using his NAACP experience, he soon headed the Chicago chapter. During his brief BPP tenure, Hampton formed a “Rainbow Coalition” which included Students for a Democratic Society, the Blackstone Rangers, a street gang and the National Young Lords, a Puerto Rican organization. Hampton was also successful in negotiating a gang truce on local television.

In an effort to neutralize the Chicago BPP, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Chicago Police Department placed the chapter under heavy surveillance and conducted several harassment campaigns. In 1969, several BPP members and police officers were either injured or killed in shootouts, and over one hundred local members of the BPP were arrested.

During an early morning police raid of the BPP headquarters at 2337 W. Monroe Street on December 4, 1969, twelve officers opened fire, killing the 21-year-old Hampton and Peoria, Illinois Panther leader Mark Clark. Police also seriously wounded four other Panther members. Many in the Chicago African American community were outraged over the raid and what they saw as the unnecessary deaths of Hampton and Clark. Over 5,000 people attended Hampton’s funeral where Reverends Ralph Abernathy and Jesse Jackson of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference eulogized the slain activist. Years later, law enforcement officials admitted wrongdoing in the killing of Hampton and Clark. In 1990, and later in 2004, the Chicago City Council passed resolutions commemorating December 4 as Fred Hampton Day.

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  • Coca_Cola_but_Commie [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    20 days ago

    Decided to play a little Bannerlord. I’ve played a bit of it and Warband before, but I really don’t know much about the mechanics or progression of the game. I just build as big an army as I can and rely on the old “select all, Charge” to defeat my enemies, until eventually I run into a situation like I am in now, where my total lack of tactical knowledge will lead to my destruction.

    So I’ve got an army of 73, working as mercenaries for the Southern Empire, who are currently at war with the Northern Empire. Most of my troops, ~40 or so, are infantry. Then maybe 15 archers, 5 horse archers, and 5 cavalry. I got boxed in by two armies, one with 120 troops, the other with 87. They are also a lot of infantry, but combined they’ve got about 30 regular cavalry and 40 horse archers.

    Now I am playing on the easiest difficulty, so I can win lopsided battles. But I think when I boot up the save again tomorrow I’m going to be overmatched on this one. I know some players are good enough at the combat that they can take one enormous armies all by their lonesome, but I’m terrible at it. Right now I’m a one-handed-sword+spear+shield cavalry. But not one of those polearms that has slashing attacks , just a low and high stab, (I think there are also lances in the game? I don’t have one of those either, if they do exist) and it’s just hard to time that attack while also riding full tilt on a horse. I might land 5 or 6 blows in any given battle that don’t get blocked, and of those maybe one outright kills a guy.

    • rhubarb [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
      5·
      20 days ago

      There is also a “select all, delegate command”, which is in my experience just a better charge. Not that it’s going to help you out in that situation, sometimes you just are fucked and have to get captured or load an earlier save.

      If you want to be an absolute death machine on horseback, I suggest getting a glaive, even the cheap ones that drop from battles are way better than any non-glaive weapon.