Huey Newton Biography

Occup.	Activist
From	USA
Born	February 17, 1942
Died	August 22, 1989
Aged	47 years

Huey Percy Newton was born on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana, USA, to Armelia as well as Walter Newton, that were sharecroppers. He was the youngest of 7 youngsters in the family members. In 1945, his household transferred to Oakland, California, searching for better possibilities. Despite facing racism and economic challenge, Newton's moms and dads instilled in him the significance of education as well as the need for resistance against oppression.

As a young man, Newton finished his senior high school education in Oakland, where his experiences with racism and cops cruelty substantially influenced his later life. As an encouraging student, he went to Merritt College in Oakland, where he researched law as well as philosophy, and also quickly fulfilled Bobby Seale, with whom he shared a passion for African American civil liberties and also social change.

In 1966, Huey P. Newton as well as Bobby Seale co-founded the Black Panther Party (BPP) as an armed self-defense company to eliminate against cops brutality and also socio-economic inequality. Newton and also Seale developed a "Ten-Point Program," which outlined their goals and needs for the African-American community. These demands consisted of improved housing, education and learning, employment, and also liberty from authorities oppression.

Under Newton's management, the Black Panther Party looked for to curb the violent therapy of African Americans by the cops by equipping residents and keeping track of cops activities. The BPP's "Copwatch" program ended up being an enduring icon of resistance versus police transgression. Newton also highlighted the value of community service and also started social programs such as totally free morning meal for children, wellness clinics, as well as instructional courses.

Despite battling with illiteracy throughout his life, Newton was an eloquent speaker and published numerous significant works, including "Revolutionary Suicide" (1973) and also "To Die for the People" (1972). Newton's concepts as well as BPP gained worldwide influence, attracting support from similar groups in the United States as well as abroad.

Nonetheless, Newton dealt with numerous lawful concerns throughout his tenure as the BPP leader, including fees of murder, attack, and embezzlement. In 1967, he was founded guilty of homicide for the murder of Oakland law enforcement officer John Frey, though his conviction was later on overturned on appeal. Facing proceeded adversity, the BPP began to decrease in the 1970s as a result of interior divisions, legal problems, as well as outside pressure from law enforcement.

By the early 1980s, Newton's leadership had waned, as well as he was eliminated from the BPP. He remained to deal with lawful troubles as well as coped medication dependency. Newton went back to academia, pursuing a Ph.D. in History of Consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He completed his doctoral dissertation on the Black Panther Party and also gained his Ph.D. in 1980.

Unfortunately, Huey P. Newton was shot as well as killed on August 22, 1989, in Oakland, California, purportedly by a dope dealer throughout a conflict. He was 47 years old at the time of his fatality.

Newton continues to be a significant number in American background, standing for a bold spirit against racial injustice as well as the defend Black freedom. His life as well as heritage remain to motivate activities for legal rights and also equality in the United States as well as around the globe.

Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by Huey.

Related authors: Philo (Philosopher), Ice T (Musician), Lawrence Taylor (Athlete), Bobby Seale (Activist)

17 Famous quotes by Huey Newton

"We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism"

"You can jail a Revolutionary, but you can't jail the Revolution"

"Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny"

"The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people"

"The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution"

"The policemen or soldiers are only a gun in the establishments hand. They make the racist secure in his racism"

"I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness"

"If you stop struggling, then you stop life"

"There will be no prison which can hold our movement down"

"Sometimes if you want to get rid of the gun, you have to pick the gun up"

"I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images"

"There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people"

"The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man"

"My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning"

"I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people"

"I have the people behind me and the people are my strength"

"Any unarmed people are slaves, or are subject to slavery at any given moment"