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Bookmark or Share- The Black Panther Party: Challenging Police and Promoting Social ChangeHuey Newton and Bobby Seale, young political activists in Oakland, California, were disappointed in the failure of the civil rights movement to improve the condition of blacks outside the South. They saw brutality against civil rights protesters as part of a long tradition of police violence and state oppression.
- Black Panthers | HISTORY , Definition & Timeline | HISTORYIn 1967, founder Huey Newton allegedly killed Oakland police officer John Frey. Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1968 and was sentenced to two to 15 years in prison. An...
- Huey P. Newton - WikipediaHuey 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.
- Huey P. Newton | Biography, Black Panthers, & Facts | BritannicaHuey P. Newton (born February 17, 1942, Monroe, Louisiana, U.S.—died August 22, 1989, Oakland, California) was an American political activist, cofounder (with Bobby Seale) of the Black Panther Party (originally called Black Panther Party for Self-Defense).
- Black Panther Party | History, Ideology, & Facts | BritannicaBlack Panther Party, African American revolutionary party, founded in 1966 in Oakland, California, by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. The party’s original purpose was to patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality.
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