Huey Newton
Huey Newton
Huey Percy Newtonwas an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. He continued to pursue an education, eventually earning a Ph.D. in social philosophy. In 1989 he was shot and killed in Oakland, California...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCivil Rights Leader
Date of Birth17 February 1942
CityMonroe, LA
CountryUnited States of America
way violent existence
Existence is violent, I exist, therefore I'm violent. . . in that way.
wall gun ideas
The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.
trying levels conflict
We were trying to increase the conflict that was already happening... we felt that we would take the conflict to so high a level that some change had to come.
mean community patriotism
I expected to die. At no time before the trial did I expect to escape with my life. Yet being executed in the gas chamber did not necessarily mean defeat. It could be one more step to bring the community to a higher level of consciousness.
wise suicide moving
The reactionary suicide is ‘wise,’ and the revolutionary suicide is a ‘fool,’ a fool for the revolution in the way Paul meant when he spoke of being a ‘fool for Christ,’ That foolishness can move mountains of oppression; it is our great leap and our commitment to the dead and the unborn.
running country fighting
You can Jail a Revolutionary but you can't jail the Revolution. You can run a freedom fighter around the country, but you can't run freedom fighting around the country. You can murder a liberator, but you can't murder liberation.
killing policemen being-accused
When I was in the penitentiary after being accused of killing a policeman, I was more in the system in the penitentiary than ever.
party people way
I knew how to influence the people, but it's really just one vote. But the party is being handled in a very good way .
fighting thinking causes
I think it's absurd to talk about - one time you were outside the system, now you are in the system - no, we fight, the cause of the fight is because the system is bad that we can't get out of it.