Fred Hampton died at 21. Huey P. Newton was age 24 and Bobby Seale was age 30 when they created the party. The first member of the party was Bobby Hutton at age 16, He was assassinated at age 17. Kathleen Cleaver joined at 22. Ericka Huggins at 20. Afeni Shakur at 21.
Jamal Joseph either 16 or 17 when was tried in court with the Panther 21. Eldridge Cleaver was 31 when he joined. Assata Shakur joined 23. Elaine Brown at 25. David Hilliard was 24.
Defense Captain Mark Clark was assassinated with Fred. He was 22 years old. Bobby Rush was 21 years old when he co-founded the Illinois Chapter with Fred Hampton.
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