The two were briefly involved with political groups at the school before they set out to create one of their own. In the mid-1960s, Newton decided to pursue his education at Merritt College, during which time he received a months-long prison term for a knife assault, and later attended the University of San Francisco School of Law. He nonetheless became his own teacher, learning to read by himself. Although Newton graduated high school in 1959, he was considered barely literate. Though later stating he was close to his family, the youngster had a difficult time early in life, which was reflected in highly erratic behavior at school and on the streets.ĭespite having multiple suspensions and run-ins with the law as a teen, Newton began to take his education seriously, finding inspiration when his older brother Melvin earned a masters in social work.
The youngest of seven siblings, he and his family moved to Oakland, California when Newton was a toddler. Newton helped establish the African American political organization the Black Panther Party, and became a leading figure in the Black Power movement of the 1960s. Huey Percy Newton was born on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana. Struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in his later years, he was killed in 1989 in Oakland. Newton faced a number of criminal charges over the years and at one point fled to Cuba before returning to the U.S. The organization was central to the Black Power movement, making headlines with its controversial rhetoric and militaristic style. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the left-wing Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California.
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