Huey P. Newton

and lectured. Years later, Dr. Huey Percy Newton would tread in “a West Oakland neighborhood plagued by drugs and violence” (Stein, M. A.), espousing his last words before slaughtered: “You can kill my body, and you can take my life but you can never kill my soul. My soul will live forever!” (Pearson, H) Though the majority of us may not recognize the name of Huey P. Newton with the passage of time, we feel the consequences of his actions to this day, responsible for the founding of the Black Panther Party and its community-oriented actions. And though his death may have been a heated confrontation over drug use, his image is imprinted in the souls of those who befriended him, described by Father Earl Neil as the modern Moses in a eye-to-eye struggle…

In 1966, the Black Panther Party was founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale to prevent police brutality against African Americans in Oakland, California. Around this time, after the landmark United States Supreme Court ruled the Brown v. Board of Education case, which stated that the segregation of schools were unconstitutional, African Americans continued to face poverty and economic inequality. They helplessly strived for community improvement and equal human rights and tried to find an…

“Huey Newton was not inspired by the civil rights movement, nor were most other black college students in the San Francisco area. The college students in San Francisco who were inspired by the movement were the white ones (Haskins, 9)” According to Bobby Seale, the civil rights didn’t influence them to start the party it was the fact that quiet, innocent and peaceful people were getting murdered and abused by the police (1). After the brutal march that’s when they decided to make the Black…

considered, an organization, who were advocates of peace; the overall goal. Newton insured that he wanted peace and that the Panthers defense is just “a tool to get rid of violence and aggression”( Huey P.…

The undercover most violent race organizations in the world are the black panthers. The black panther is a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization. The black panthers have two extremely hardcore leaders who go by the name Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942. Huey was named after the former governor Huey P. Long. The Black Panthers organization was founded in Oakland, California. This particular organization was made…

whole. The black panther party is important to our history because without them getting their point across the we wouldn’t be in schools with our friends it would be blacks and whites in separate schools. Huey P. Newton was an African-American activist best known for founding the Black Panther Party with longtime friend Bobby Seale in 1966. The members of the…

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.…

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 one to strike. He and twentysix others marched to the California state capitol fully armed. They did this…

superior officer in 1959. In September 1962 he met what would be today the other co-founder of the Black Panther Party Huey Newton. The two met at a rally protesting the Kennedy administration blockade in Cuba. The two shortly became best friends…

mouth on the welfare”. In early 1990’s African Americans were known as the drug dealers to white Americans. At this time, drug dealers did not care who they gave their drugs too as long as they got money. When a white man police officer who killed a black man, white American’s would reward him for helping American get rid of an African American. Then 2Pac mentions Huey stating “It’s time to fight back”, that what Huey said. Two shots in the dark now Huey’s dead.” Huey P. Newton who was a…