Yes, the Black Panther Party has engaged in shootouts with police and other forms of violence over the years in pursuit of equal rights under the law. And yes, this approach threatens to walk back each and every little step made by men like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the late John Lewis towards achieving that goal. But it’s not their whole story. The Chicago chapter—specifically—instituted a program to provide breakfast for inner-city kids and united street gangs under a banner of peace and common cause. “Judas and the Black Messiah,” tells the true account of the architect behind those measures—Fred Hampton—and William O’Neal, instrumental in cutting Hampton’s life short.