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Dropping great facts in the episode
Watch the whole things, great example of successful Black men on the panel
Huey P Newton 1 year before he got Murdered
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Dropping great facts in the episode
Watch the whole things, great example of successful Black men on the panel
he looked 
but he doesnt look like an addict. they claim he was killed while buying drugs
but he doesnt look like an addict. they claim he was killed while buying drugs
Subs to watch later.
I need to learn more about dude.
Always heard the name but dont know anything about him outside of him being associated with the black Panthers.
I need to learn more about dude.
Always heard the name but dont know anything about him outside of him being associated with the black Panthers.
That's the part I've since found incredibly hard to believe.he looked
It was 1989, so w/ Black politicians and famous people smoking crack and it turning the fragile streets into pandemonium, it was pretty easy to swallow.
I think it was a hit through the Black Guerilla Family, perhaps sent by an agent, completely unrelated to any hardcore drug use.
I'm not going to clown you, because knowledge is important, but he is one of the most influential Black radical voices in African-American history.Subs to watch later.
I need to learn more about dude.
From his Maoist and grass-roots focused approach, to the grand plan he cultivated as the founder of the Black Panther Party alongside Bobby Seale (and Eldridge Cleaver, who failed to actually be as radical as he voiced himself to be), he was an absolutely brilliant man.
Intercommunalism (1974) - Viewpoint Magazine
Good read.
I think the story was legit. This to me is another case of not wanting to believe our heroes are imperfect. We're talking the 70s and 80s and Newton wasn't immune to those vices. The crazy thing to me was the dude that killed him was fed as a kid through a Black Panther program. Who would have thought he would grow up and do that. Illustrates how drugs fukked us up.
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Prison changed Huey. They went into detail on the PBS Black Panther Party doc
Yeah but that makes it even more suspect.
This was pretty much stated by the killer himself,I have heard the story of him buying drugs. Not sure if that was from the lawyers,or just another smear campaign against the panthers.
"A man described by police as a drug dealer has admitted killing Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panthers, the police said tonight.
The man, Tyrone Robinson, 25 years old, of Oakland, told the police he killed Dr. Newton in self-defense early Tuesday morning, Sgt. Dan Mercado said at a news conference at the Oakland Hall of Justice. Mr. Robinson, who is on parole for a robbery conviction, admitted to the killing early today and is scheduled for arraignment Tuesday.
Sergeant Mercado said Mr. Robinson ''considered the murder a means to advance'' in the Black Guerrilla Family, a narcotics distribution gang that operates in California's maximum-security prisons, including San Quentin, where Dr. Newton served time. 'He Figured We Already Knew'
''He wanted to be a high-mucky-muck,'' Sergeant Mercado said later in an interview. ''He was a foot soldier and he wanted to be a shot caller. He figured we already knew. We felt we had him and he knew it.''
I guess you could argue this doesn't mean Huey wasn't meeting the drug dealer to buy drugs,but he was obviously not a fiend and was a functioning addict if he was doing it. Even though it was a bad look,the Panthers had been through a lot and I wouldn't blame any of them if they were driven to a crack as bad of a look as it was
. People doing crack today basically just because they didn't get enough instagram likes,and have the nerve to look funny at the Panthers.
I know drug dealers nikkas is grimey but I honestly cant see even the grimiest hood nikkas killing huey Newton over a drug dispute, especially back then.he looked
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Huey top 5 all time in black figures.
The black Panthers were as pro black as u can get.
The panthers programs in the bay was feeding and even giving people housing.
Rip a true legend
The black Panthers were as pro black as u can get.
The panthers programs in the bay was feeding and even giving people housing.
Rip a true legend
I don't think so. Crips started off political and deteriorated into what they're legendarily known for now. The BGF went from a socio-political Marxist revolutionary organization to a typical prison gang with even a modern day street presence in Baltimore. BGF and Crip leaders have testified on behalf of La Eme and the AB and vice versa. The NOI fostered the environment that lead up to Malcolm's murder and the Hanafi massacre.
My overall point is we tend to romanticize Black leaders and organizations but forget they're imperfect just like any of us. Then when they fall from grace or come up short or get murdered over some fukk sh!t we start entertaining conspiracies. We forget a lot of Black leaders from years gone by aren't that far removed from the streets. It shouldn't be surprising when they go back to that rudimentary street element and it either bites or eats them.
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let's stop playing stupid like "they" didn't kill this man
damn I didnt know he a Ph. D 
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