Black Panther Party :: Huey P. Newton

In the later(a) 1960s and earliest 70s posters of the black-market painter political partys co-founder, Huey P. Newton were plastered on walls of college foyer rooms across the country. Wearing a black beret and a slash jacket, sitting on a wicker chair, a spear in one hand and a rifle in the another(prenominal), the poster show Huey Newton as a symbol of his generations anger and courage in the face of racism and kinfolkism. He is the man whose intellectual capacity and alliance leadership abilities helped to found the Black Panther Party (BPP). Newton play an instrumental role in refocusing civil rights activists to the problems of urban Black communities. He also tapped the rage and frustration of urban Blacks in baffle to address social injustice. However, the FBIs significant fear of the Partys aggressive actions would not solo drive the party apart but also perpetuated false reading regarding the Panthers programs and accomplishments.In recent years, historians ha ve devoted much attention of the early 1960s, to Malcolm X and Martin Luther index and have ignored the Black Panthers. The Panthers and Huey P. Newtons leadership of the Party are as significant to the Black freedom struggle as more widely known leaders of the Civil Rights Movement. A regular(prenominal) American history high school textbook not whole neglects to mention Huey Newton but also disregards the existence of the Black Panthers altogether. Hueys experiences growing up were central in his conception of the Black Panthers. Unlike King and many other civil rights leaders who were religious Southerners, from middle class and well-educated families, Huey P. Newton was a working class man from a poor urban black neighborhood. Born February 17, 1942, in Oak orchard Louisiana, Huey moved to Oakland, California when he was just two years old. During childhood, his cross face, light complexion, medium height, squeaky voice and his name Huey, forced him to square off how to f ight early on in life. Hueys remark commensurate quick brain and strength earned him the respect of his peers and the reputation of being a toughie guy (Seale 40). Upon his enrollment at Merrit College Hueys academic achievements quickly began to surpass other students, while at the same time he was still able to relate to those he grew up with on the streets of Oakland. Autobiographer, Hugh Pearson in Shadow of the Panther reports that Huey remained comfortable on the street corners with young Negro men who drank booze all dayand fought one another - young men whom near college-bound Negroes shied away from (Pearson 115).