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The Huey P. Newton reader

Pages
361
Published
2002
Language
English

Synopsis

This comprehensive collection gathers writings by Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party and a revolutionary figure in the black liberation movement. It includes both classic texts and previously unpublished works from the Black Panther Party archives. Topics range from the party's formation and armed self-defense to the Vietnam War, the feminist movement, and FBI infiltration of civil rights groups.

About the author

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Huey P. Newton

Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American political and civil rights activist who, along with fellow Merritt College student Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party (1966–1982). Together with Seale, Newton created a ten-point program which laid out guidelines for how, in their words, the African-American community could achieve liberation. In the 1960s, under Newton's leadership, the Black Panther Party founded over 60 community support programs (...