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Huey P. Newton

1942 – 1989

Oakland, California

Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in 1966; his record spans community programs and a Ph.D. alongside violent-crime charges, an overturned manslaughter conviction, and a 1989 misappropriation conviction.

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Black Panther Party poster 'Political prisoners of USA fascism: Bobby, Huey' showing Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton
Credit: Black Panther Party; Yanker Poster Collection, Library of Congress. License: Public domain (published without copyright notice; LOC: no known restrictions).

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Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, "Huey P. Newton" (Reference)
  2. Online Archive of California / Stanford University Libraries, "Guide to the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Inc. Collection" (Primary source)
  3. U.S. National Archives, "Huey P. Newton (February 17, 1942 - August 22, 1989)" (Primary source)

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