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Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African American revolutionary and political activist who founded the Black Panther Party. He ran the party as its first leader and crafted its ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale in 1966.
May 17, 2024 · Huey P. Newton (born February 17, 1942, Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.—died August 22, 1989, Oakland, California) was an American political activist, cofounder (with Bobby Seale) of the Black Panther Party (originally called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense).
May 17, 2024 · Activist Huey P. Newton founded the militant Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in 1966. Read about his education, legal problems, death, and more.
Aug 22, 2023 · Huey P. Newton, at 28 years old, was the leader of the Black Panther Party, one of the most influential social movements of the 1960s. When he’d been arrested in 1967, charged with killing a...
Mar 22, 2021 · During his tenure at Merritt College, Newton joined the Afro-American Association and helped get the first African American History course adopted into the college’s curriculum. Soon after, in October 1966, he and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense (BPP).
Feb 24, 2007 · Huey Newton was murdered in Oakland, California on August 22, 1989; he was 47 years old. He was survived by his wife Fredricka. Newton’s autobiography entitled Revolutionary Suicide was first published in 1973 and republished in 1995.
I was a big time fool; that's why I have confidence in knowing what a big time fool is. Of course my namesake is Governor Huey P. Long of Louisiana. That's where I was born, Louisiana. And it...
Jan 28, 2019 · Huey Newton was an African American political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. When Newton was convicted for the fatal shooting of a police officer, his imprisonment became a common cause among activists in the United States.
Newton, Huey P. February 17, 1942. August 22, 1989. Political activist Huey Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana, the youngest of seven siblings. When he was young his family moved to Oakland, California, were he attended Merritt College and participated in the groundswell of political activity erupting on college campuses nationwide.
Nov 3, 2017 · The Black Panthers made up a political organization founded in 1966 by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to challenge police brutality against African Americans.
