Black Fact = 1989 (August 22) – Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, was killed in Oakland, CA, on this date.
He was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942, and named after former governor Huey P. Long. In 1966, he and Bobby Seale founded the left-wing Black Panther Party for Self Defense in Oakland, California. The organization was central to the Black Power movement, making headlines with its controversial rhetoric and militaristic style. Newton faced a number of criminal charges over the years and at one point fled to Cuba before returning to the U.S. and earning his doctorate. Struggling with drug and alcohol addiction in his later years. He was also a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.
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