Honoring a Houston Revolutionary Slain Black Panther Leader Carl B. Hampton
- By Staff Writer
- Published 07/7/2009
- Political
- Unrated
HOUSTON- On Sunday, July 26, 2009, two activities will be held to commemorate the life and death of Carl Bernard Hampton. The Gravesite Remembrance will take place at 3:00p.m. at Golden Gate Cemetery 8400 Hirsch Road. The Community Memorial will kick off at 5:00p.m. at 3212 Dowling Street next to the PABA.
The memorial will include a tour of the actual spot were Carl was gunned down by Houston police. The memorial on Dowling Street will also feature a limited free food giveaway, survival program speakers, poets and edutainment. Hampton, a dynamic young Black Panther leader and Chairman of Houston’s People’s Party II was assassinated by the Houston Police Department on July 26, 1970. This blow against the Black Power Movement in Houston of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s was struck in the heart of the Black/African community on Dowling Street .
The memorial will include a tour of the actual spot were Carl was gunned down by Houston police. The memorial on Dowling Street will also feature a limited free food giveaway, survival program speakers, poets and edutainment. Hampton, a dynamic young Black Panther leader and Chairman of Houston’s People’s Party II was assassinated by the Houston Police Department on July 26, 1970. This blow against the Black Power Movement in Houston of the late 1960’s and early 1970’s was struck in the heart of the Black/African community on Dowling Street .