Huey Percy Newton (1942 - 1989)

Born 17 Feb 1942 in Monroe, Ouachita, Louisiana, United States

Died 22 Aug 1989 at age 47 in Oakland, Alameda, California, United States

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Biography

Huey Newton is Notable.

Huey P. Newton was an African-American revolutionary and political activist, most known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale.^[1]

When Huey Percy Newton was born on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana, he was the youngest of seven children born to Walter Newton and Armelia Johnson. He died on August 22, 1989, in Oakland, California, at the age of 47.^[2]

Living in Louisiana at the time of his birth, his parents named him after the former Governor of Louisiana, populist Huey P. Long.^[3]

He overcame illiteracy and attended Merritt College and the University of San Francisco School of Law. He continued to pursue graduate studies, eventually earning a Ph.D. in social philosophy in 1980 from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

On September 15, 1984, he married Fredricka Slaughter in Reno, Nevada.^[4]

Huey P Newton had one biological child, Rico Cortez Dukes, according to Alameda Oakland California vital court records documents.

• He allied for freedom, full employment, decent housing, education, and military exemption for African-Americans.
• He sponsored a free breakfast program from children, sickle-cell anemia testing, free food and shoes, and a school for the impoverished.
• He is credited with the creation of the Ten-Point Program,^[5] the governing document of the Black Panther Party.
• A published author and poet.

On 22 August, 1989 he was shot and killed in Oakland, California by Tyrone Robinson, a member of the Black Guerrilla Family, in a dispute over drug dealing. His remains were cremated, and a plaque stands at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huey_P._Newton
2. ↑ Death: "California Death Index, 1940-1997"
   FamilySearch (accessed 30 January 2022)
   Huey Percy Newton death 08/22/1989 in Alameda, California, United States.
3. ↑ Obituary of Walter Newton, Find A Grave: Memorial #158254344
4. ↑ Nevada, U.S., Marriage Index, 1956-2005, Ancestry.com; Reno, , Nevada, United States, County Book 793, p. 660, archive film number 036680, Nevada State Health Division, Carson City, and Clark County Marriage Bureau, Las Vegas.
5. ↑ Ten-Point Program
6. ↑ "Mourners Pay Last Respects to Huey Newton," Lodi News-Sentinel (Lodi, California), 29 Aug 1989, p. 5, col. 2
7. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6598253/huey-p-newton : accessed 30 January 2022), memorial page for Huey P. Newton (17 Feb 1942–22 Aug 1989), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6598253, ; Maintained by Find a Grave Cremated, Location of ashes is unknown.

• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPL-XNZW : accessed 30 March 2019), Huey P Newton, California, United States, 23 Aug 1989; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today),
• " database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Daily News of Los Angeles, born-digital text.
• "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV57-R87D : accessed 30 March 2019), Huey P Newton, San Diego, California, United States, 22 Aug 1989; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing , born-digital text.
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