This Day in Black History: Feb. 17, 1942
Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, is born in Monroe, Louisiana.
Civil rights activist Huey P. Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana on this day. Newton would go on to become a co-founder of the Black Panther Party, a paramilitary political organization that aimed to create social programs for Blacks stifled by racial discrimination. Newton would be a central figure of the Black power movement of the 1960s.
On Oct. 15, 1966, the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense was co-founded by Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California.
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Posted By: Dea. Ron Gray Sr.
Friday, February 17th 2023 at 7:04AM
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