Huey P. Newton

ELA9-5 Huey Newton Nicholas Phipps December 10, 2015 Huey P. Newton was born on February 17, 1942. Huey was named after a former governor named Huey P. Long . From the very beginning Huey was changing the world. Growing up as a teenager in oakland california. Huey got in trouble with the law in fact all throughout his life. Despite his run ins with the law Huey began to pursue an education. Huey P. Newton graduated in 1959. He could not read but he was not about to give up. Huey was not a…

Huey reflected upon the mis-treatment in his book To Die for the People; "The police were very brutal to us even at that age" (Newton 53). Police harassment and physical abuse of Black people became part of every day life for many Blacks across the country. Although the Civil Rights movement was mainly a Southern phenomenon, the non-violent ideology and integrationist focus of the movement became according to historians Floyd W. Hayes and Francis A. C. Kiene as "sources of increasing frustration…

Huey Percy Newton’s book The Huey P. Newton Reader, which was published in 2006 and edited by David Hilliard and Donald Weise. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1942, but moved three years later to Oakland, California . The origin of the source is valuable because it is in the first person perspective of Newton who experienced the racial conflicts that African Americans were faced with. Also being the…

The Black Panther film demonstrated the importance of community building through community service. The director demonstrated the channeling anger of the black community so well in the film, there were both pros and cons of channeling these masses. Black Panthers are often in history described negatively as violent. In the film Stanley Nelson makes the case that the Black Panthers did more good than bad. The black panthers were functioning politically in a counterculture movement; it is…

Huey Percy Newton was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. The Black Panthers wanted to improve life in black communities and establish social programs to help those in…

The Black Power Movement Throughout the years there have been many movements for justice. One of these movements that occurred was the Black Power movement. For Centuries it has been no secret that African Americans have had to fight for what they wanted for their lives and did everything it took to break free from the chains of injustice. There has been everything from sit ins to marches throughout history to gain civil rights and even with that, it seems as if society has found its way…

The Black Panthers organized to protect the black community from violence perpetrated by the police, and to this end they resorted to violence. The two founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale were described as thugs and criminals, but had met as college students (3). Newton was killed a fairly young man. He is often remembered for his acts of violence. However, his intellectual accomplishments were noteworthy. Together they produced a 10 point platform that was highly…

Civil Rights Malcolm X and the Black Panthers were two strong influences during the civil rights movement. The two founders of the Black Panthers, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, were sick of not being able to defend themselves against people like white supremacists or the Ku Klux Klan, during the civil rights movement. As a way to defend themselves, Newton and Seale created the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Malcolm X worked with the Black Panther Party and became an important voice for…

Mr. Seale also stated that … “It wasn’t Huey; Dr. Martin Luther King getting killed galvanized the movement”. The Huey he spoke of was Dr. Huey P. Newton; Minister of Defense who helped founded The Black Panther Party. Next they introduced Elaine Brown, the former chairwoman of The Black Panther Party. She discussed how they are continued to do their…

African American responded to the urban crisis through the Detroit rebellion of 1967, black power and Rap and Hip Hop. The urban crisis can be defined as combine all the problems that affect urban America in one area. The urban crisis help create the urban ghetto, increase the crime rate and away for whites to see black as poor and criminal. The Detroit rebellion of 1967 is seen as one the most violent urban revolts in the 20th century. The riot was a response to police brutality and police…