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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associatedWith | Alexander, Robert. |
associatedWith | Aweusi, Alli |
associatedWith | Aweusi, Alli |
founderOf | Black Panther Party. |
associatedWith | Black Panther Party. Harlem Branch. |
associatedWith | Bond, Julian, 1940- |
associatedWith | California State University, Dominguez Hills |
associatedWith | Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935- |
associatedWith | Cleaver, Eldridge, 1935-1998. |
associatedWith | Communist Party of the United States of America. |
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Birth 1942-02-17
Death 1989-08-22
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