4 good links
- The Black Panthers
Marxists.org gives the lowdown on Newton's group
- A Huey P. Newton Story
Free-form website based on a 2002 PBS movie based on a stage play
- Interview with Huey Newton
Hippyland reprints a 1968 interview
- Wikipedia: Huey P. Newton
The online encyclopedia has a detailed bio, plus links
Huey Newton Biography
Huey Newton and fellow activist Bobby Seale founded the radical Black Panther Party in 1966. Under their leadership the group became a political force both admired and feared for its aggressively militant stance. In 1967 Newton was arrested and charged with killing an Oakland police officer during a dispute, leading to a much-publicized "Free Huey" campaign organized by the Panthers. His 1968 conviction was overturned due to procedural errors. In 1973 Newton escaped other criminal charges by fleeing to Cuba; he returned in 1977 and in 1980 earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of California. Newton was killed in a 1989 dispute with a drug dealer.
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Newton's autobiography, Revolutionary Suicide, was published in 1973.
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