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The Black Messiah is based on actual events of J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO and other operations. The facts from the research were obtained from personal accounts of events, thousands of pages of court and public documents including the comments and statements from the attorneys that prosecuted the civil rights case against the government.
The historical dramatization and storyline was based on the actual events and records.
The historical dramatization and storyline was based on the actual events and records.
Portrayed as a storytellers' montage of vignettes from individuals' experiences of events surrounding the December 4th raid on the Chicago Black Panthers, the narrative unravels the prejudice and political agendas woven into J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO legacy of corruption.
In the winter of 1969, a coordinated raid by the local State Attorney's task forces and Chicago Police on a Black Panther apartment killed Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.
William O' Neal was the Panthers' Chief of Security, but he was also an FBI informant acting with J. Edgar Hoover's notorious COINTELPRO to disrupt, discredit, and destroy black organizations that threaten notions of his American society.
In the winter of 1969, a coordinated raid by the local State Attorney's task forces and Chicago Police on a Black Panther apartment killed Party Chairman Fred Hampton and Mark Clark.
William O' Neal was the Panthers' Chief of Security, but he was also an FBI informant acting with J. Edgar Hoover's notorious COINTELPRO to disrupt, discredit, and destroy black organizations that threaten notions of his American society.