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Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African American revolutionary and political activist who founded the Black Panther Party.He ran the party as its first leader and crafted its ten-point manifesto with Bobby Seale in 1966.
Newton, 8 Cal. App. 3d 359 (Ct. App. 1970), was a controversial appeal arising from the voluntary manslaughter conviction of Huey P. Newton, the reputed co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Huey Newton allegedly killed officer John Frey in 1967, and Eldridge Cleaver (Minister of Information) led an ambush in 1968 of Oakland police officers, in which two officers were wounded and Panther treasurer Bobby Hutton was killed. The party suffered many internal conflicts, resulting in the murder of Alex Rackley.
Huey P. Newton, Minister of Defense, co-founder. Killed in 1989. [41] Kojo Nnamdi, radio host who was a member from 1968 to 1969 in Brooklyn. [42] [43] Jalil Muntaqim, former political prisoner. Salim Muwakkil, journalist. Kiilu Nyasha, journalist. Sekou Odinga, activist. Charlotte Hill O'Neal, community organizer.
The position combined the role of spokesperson and press secretary. Cleaver organized the national campaign to free Huey Newton. The first major attack against the Black Panther Party was in the 1960s by Los Angeles's first SWAT team. By 1971, almost 30 of the members of the Black Panther Party had been killed.
The 32-year-old performer, whose real name was Lawrence Franks Jr., was shot at a home in the city of Kinloch, Missouri.
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In 1974, Seale and Huey Newton argued over a proposed film about the Panthers that Newton wanted Bert Schneider to produce. According to several accounts, the argument escalated to a fight in which Newton, backed by his armed bodyguards, allegedly beat Seale with a bullwhip so badly that Seale required extensive medical treatment for his injuries.