It's around 7:00 A.M. on December 4, 1969, and attorney Jeff Haas is in a police lockup in Chicago, interviewing Fred Hampton's fiancee. She is describing how the police pulled her from the room as Fred lay unconscious on their bed. She heard one officer say, "He's still alive." She then heard two shots. A second officer said, "He's good and dead now." She looks at Jeff and asks, "What can you do?"

THE ASSASSINATION OF FRED HAMPTON: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther recounts, with pin-point accuracy, the details of the shameful and senseless murder of a bright and dedicated young man and the conspiracy behind the act.

SWEETNESS: Delicious Baked Treats for Every Occasion

Sarah Levy opened her own sweet shop, Sarah's Pastries and Candies, in 2004, when she was only 24 and not long out of college. Since then she's moved and expanded her first store and opened a second location inside of Macy's, and seen her business bloom. Now, in her first book, she shows how anyone can make delicious sweets, treats, and confections, no matter how little background they have in cooking.

Friday 11.19 7:00pm Barbara's UIC

TA-LAKATA: The Tears of Africa

Princess Zindaba, the grand-daughter of traditional Zambian royal heritage, tells the fascinating story of her life, from being raised in the Zambian paradise of the privileged few, the elite class of a newly independent and booming Zambian economy, to the excitement of migrating to the United States and the shocking horrors at the turning of events that shook up the whole continent of her beloved African homeland.