Huey P. Newton

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Huey P. Newton was an African American political activist and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, known for his leadership in the Black Power movement and advocacy for Black self-defense and community programs.

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instanceOf Black Panther Party co-founder
human
political activist
revolutionary
academicDegree PhD in social philosophy
advocated armed self-defense against police brutality
community control of police
community health clinics
education programs in Black communities
free breakfast programs for children
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland
causeOfDeath homicide by gunshot
coFounded Black Panther Party
coFoundedWith Bobby Seale
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1942-02-17
dateOfDeath 1989-08-22
doctoralAdvisor Herbert Blumer
doctoralThesisLanguage English
doctoralThesisTitle War Against the Panthers: A Study of Repression in America
educatedAt Merritt College
University of California, Santa Cruz
ethnicGroup African American
familyName Newton
founded Black Panther Party
surface form: Black Panther Party for Self-Defense

Intercommunal Youth Institute
givenName Huey
influenced Black liberation movements in the United States
global revolutionary movements of the late 1960s
influencedBy Frantz Fanon
Karl Marx
Mao Zedong
memberOf Black Panther Party
middleName Percy
movement Black Power movement
notableEvent arrest and trial in the 1967 killing of Oakland police officer John Frey
notableFor advocacy of Black self-defense
community social programs
leadership in the Black Power movement
notableWork Revolutionary Suicide
To Die for the People
War Against the Panthers
occupation political organizer
politician
writer
placeOfBirth Monroe, Louisiana, United States
placeOfDeath Oakland
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
politicalIdeology Black Power movement
surface form: Black nationalism

revolutionary socialism
positionHeld Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party
religion Baptists
surface form: Baptist
residence Oakland
surface form: Oakland, California, United States
spouse Gwen Fontaine
subjectOf FBI COINTELPRO surveillance

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Black Panther Party foundedBy Huey P. Newton
Black Power movement hasKeyFigure Huey P. Newton