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Huey Percy Newton timeline 1959 Huey P. Newton graduated high school. This was not very common for black people and was a big accomplishment. Even though he was barely literate as stated by his teachers. Huey P. Newton then taught himself to read and was literate. Oct 15 1966 Huey and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The Black Panthers used military self-defense of minorities. They fought to give blacks rights and give them the freedom that they were promised.…

His imprisonment led to leading to "Free Huey" rallies. The case against Huey Newton was eventually dismissed after two retrials ended with hung juries.On May 2, 1967, thirty Black Panthers, dressed in black leather jackets, berets, and dark glasses, marched bearing arms, upon the California State Capitol to…

The Black Panther Party was originally named the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. It was founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. The Black Panther Party was originally formed in order to police their own neighborhoods from the Oakland Police Department. They chose to police the police due to the police brutality that was going on in their neighborhoods. The Black Panther Party used the California law that permitted carrying a loaded rifle or shotgun as long as it was carried in the open and…

The main arguments of ‘Seize the time: the story of black panther’ is mainly against oppression and the party’s fight for equality. The author argues against the Fascist Power Structure that was designed to oppress colored people and poor Caucasian people. The role of the Black Panther Party was to focus on the Power Structure defined in 3 levels of oppression avaricious business men, demagogic politicians and fascist police forces. The US government, CIA, FBI, deemed the Black Panthers a Black…

ideals, and initiated programs to aid the Black community. Active from 1966 until 1982, the party eventually fell due to FBI intervention and divisions within the group. • Creators of the Black Panther Party The Black Panther Party was created by Huey P. Newton and Robert George…

Newton and Bobby Seale both college students heard about Malcolm X 's assassination and founded The Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Huey and Bobby thought it was necessary to use violence or the threat of violence to make social change. Bobby Seale served in the air force for three years until he got discharged for bad conduct. When he founded the Black Panther Party he was the first…

49). The meaning of political educator mentions that the characteristics, are those organizers that bring up the whole point of a movement and what they expect in the outcome. A good example is Huey P. Newton, also know as one of the co-founders of The Black Panthers party. The Black Panthers established in Oakland October 15, in order to combat the treatment of the community by the police officers. Newton’s role as an political educator, involved…

“The Legacy of the Black Panther Party”, a journal article written by JoNina Abron in 1986, discusses what she feels is the ongoing legacy of the Black Panther Party. First she discusses why the Black Panther Party failed and continues to the legacy and contributions that the BPP made, such as the free breakfast and lunch programs for school children and preventive health care. Her opinion is that the legacy of the Black Panther Party is its contributions to popular politics and culture in the…

The black panthers used the media to their advantage and rapidly began to grow capturing the attention of thousands of Americans. As a result of the party's growth, groups such as the Ku Klux Klan began to make their way into the federal law enforcement advocating racist and violent abuse towards people of color. The leader at the time, President Hoover began to notice the advancement of the movement and feared "the rise of the black messiah", and the white allies who united to support the…

folks of brutality but also provide further assistance in their everyday lives. This party became an astonishing movement and cities all over the world were attracted by it, however; in 1967 Huey was prosecuted for the deathly shooting of John Frey, a twenty three year old officer. The Panthers insisted that Huey should be free so they created a movement for his release. Women who were also involved in this movement expressed themselves, obtained recognition and expanded the growth of this…