Newton, Huey Percy, 1942-1989

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Huey Percy Newton was notable for being a co-founder of the Black Panther Party; Newton crafted the Party's ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale in 1966. Under Newton's leadership, the Black Panther Party founded over 60 community support programs In 1967, he was involved in a shootout with the police. In 1968, he was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. In May 1970, the conviction was reversed. He went on to earn a PhD in social philosophy from the University of California at Santa Cruz's History of Consciousness program in 1980. In 1989, he was murdered in Oakland, California by Tyrone Robinson, a member of the Black Guerrilla Family.
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referencedIn Leary Love family. Papers, 1875-1996 1950-1996 University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
referencedIn Vignes, Michelle. Michelle Vignes collection, 1966-1974. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Black Panther printed ephemera, ca., 1966-2006. Houghton Library
referencedIn Shapiro, Phillip. Papers, ca. 1960-1985 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Genet, Jean, 1910-1986. Letters to David Hilliard and Charles Garry, 1970-1972 and nd. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Erikson, Erik H (Erik Homburger), 1902-. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1971-1972. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Black Panther Party Harlem Branch files, 1969-1970. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Black Panther printed ephemera, ca. 1966-2009. Houghton Library
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Eldridge Cleaver photograph collection, 1966-circa 1982 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn [Black Panther Party pamphlets]. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 44 (Civil Rights) Headquarters Case Files, 1/1/1920 - 12/31/1987 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Shapiro, Phillip. Phillip Shapiro papers, ca. 1960-1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Aweusi, Alli Collection 96-129., 1969-1995 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn Frank M. Johnson Papers, 1945-1989, (bulk 1955-1986) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Black Panther Party collection. California state library
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn [Free Huey May Day rally poster] [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Papers of Florynce Kennedy, (inclusive), (bulk), 1915-2004, 1947-1993 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Rosalie Ritz courtroom drawings, 1968-1982 Bancroft Library
referencedIn Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings, ca. 1936–ca. 1985 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Black Panther Party. Free street; free huey : poster, 1968. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Political Newspapers Collection, 1953-1994, bulk 1969-1992 California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Inc. collection, 1968-1994 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Audio Recordings of Monitored Broadcasts from Havana and Port-Au-Prince, 1968–1973 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Alexander, Robert. Servant of the people! : a play about the rise and destruction of Huey P. Newton and the Black Panther Party / by Robert Alexander. Ohio State University Libraries
referencedIn Black Panther Party. Bay Area Black Panther Party Collection, 1963-2000. University of California, Santa Barbara, UCSB Library
referencedIn Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998. Eldridge Cleaver photograph collection [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Zweig, Martha,. Political Newspapers Collection California State University, Dominguez Hills, CSUDH
referencedIn Finley, Art, 1926-. Art Finley fonds. University of British Columbia Library
referencedIn Shapiro, Phillip. FBI file, 1968-2000. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn [Black Panther Party broadsides, handbills, etc.] Houghton Library
referencedIn Angela Davis Legal defense collection, 1970-1972 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Aweusi, Alli. Aweusi, Alli Collection, 1969-1995 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Black Panther Party. Black Panther Party collection, 1965-1976. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Shames, Stephen. Stephen Shames Black Panther photograph collection [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, Inc. Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Inc. collection, 1968 -1994. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Field Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn General Records of the Department of Justice, 1790 - 2002. Subject Files of the Attorney General, 1974 - 1993 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Records of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1896 - 2008. Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives at College Park
creatorOf Papers of Julian Bond 1897-2006 University of Virginia. Small Special Collections Library
referencedIn Black Panther printed ephemera, ca. 1966-2006. Houghton Library
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associatedWith Communist Party of the United States of America. corporateBody
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correspondedWith Johnson, Frank M. (Frank Minis), 1918-1999 person
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Monroe LA US
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Birth 1942-02-17

Death 1989-08-22

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