Newton, Huey P.

  • Free Huey rally in Oakland

    H. Rap Brown (Jamil Al-Amin) and Stokely Carmichael deliver speeches at a Free Huey rally on February 17, 1968, held at the Oakland Auditorium. Stokely Carmichael opens his speech, suggesting a celebration of Huey P. Newton’s birthday not “as Huey Newton the individual, but as Huey Newton, part and parcel of Black people wherever we…

  • A visit with Huey Newton at Vacaville Prison Facility

    Black Panther Party co-founder and leader Huey P. Newton discusses his imprisonment at Vacaville Medical Facility in Vacaville, CA with Denny Smithson of KPFA’s Public Affairs Department; Karen Wald, reporter for the Guardian; and Joe Blum, editor of The Movement. Newton talks about the way he’s been portrayed in the media and physical and social…

  • Intercommunal day of solidarity

    On March 5, 1971, the Black Panther Party held an event at the Oakland Auditorium called “Revolutionary International Day of Solidarity” for Bobby Seale, Ericka Huggins, Angela Davis, and Ruchell Magee, and also to honor Party Minister of Defense Huey P. Newton on his release from prison. Huey P. Newton was the featured speaker. This…

  • Democracy Now : August 23 : Chicago 68

    Democracy Now : August 23 : Chicago 68 / Pacifica Foundation| Produced by Julie Drizin and Amy Goodman| hosted by Amy Goodman. – A daily election program which takes an in-depth look at the political landscape and interviews visionaries from all walks of life, including members of grassroots organizations who challenge the status quo. –…

  • Towards A Revolutionary Constitution : Special Report On The Plenary S

    Towards A Revolutionary Constitution : Special Report On The Plenary SESSION / Michael Tabor and Huey P. Newton| reported by Bruce Soloway. SERIES: Revolutionary people’s constitutional convention| no. 1 – Keynote address by Tabor and speech by Newton on the political objectives of the Black Panthers. – RECORDED: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4-6 Sept. 1970. BROADCAST: WBAI,…

  • The contradictions within the Black Panther Party (Part 1 of 2)

    The Contradictions Within The Black Panther Party. Eldridge Cleaver, Don Cox, Pete O’Neil and Larry Mack, Seiku Odinga, Barbara Cox, Kathleen Cleaver, Charlotte O’Neill, Awode Odinga, and Huey Newton (by telephone) present various perspectives on the goals of the Black Panthers. RECORDED: Algiers. BROADCAST: WBAI, 5 Mar. 1971.

  • Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c.

    Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c. – Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver criticizes the power elite in America. “He will put you in jail,” asserts Cleaver, “because he’s got pigs out there authorized to have guns and baseball bats they call clubs … beat all the fat off your head and shoot you if you don’t…

  • Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c.

    Eldridge Cleaver At U.s.c. – Black Panther Party leader Eldridge Cleaver criticizes the power elite in America. “He will put you in jail,” asserts Cleaver, “because he’s got pigs out there authorized to have guns and baseball bats they call clubs … beat all the fat of your head and shoot you if you don’t…

  • Huey Newton statement read by Bobby Seale at KPFA

    Statement written by Huey Newton, read by Bobby Seale, expressing grief at the death of George Jackson and calling for black solidarity. Introduced as a missive from the Inter-communal news service of the Black Panther Party. This is an excerpt from BC0239.05A.

  • Huey Newton : August 11, 1970

    Huey Newton, the founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party, is interviewed by Elsa Knight Thompson at the KPFA studios, six days after his release from prison. He expresses his views about the worldwide Black movement for independence, the justice and prison systems in the United States, and the aims of the…