Huey Newton
In 1966, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. Newton played a major role in the Black Panther Party and the Black Liberation Movement until his death in 1989.
Documents
Letter re: Oakland Tribunal for Newton/BPP
Publisher: Bay Area Committee to Defend Political FreedomYear: 1968Volume Number: SpringFormat: CorrespondenceCollection: Huey Newton
Letter asking for support for Oakland Tribunal to be delivered door-to-door to support "Free Huey Newton"
Open letter to Roy Wilkins
Open letter/press release re: Wilkins's criticism of Newton's statement re: commitment of BPP to NLF-Vietnam