Huey: Spirit of the Panther
by David Hilliard
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Huey P. Newton remains one of the most misunderstood political figures of the twentieth century. As cofounder and leader of the Black Panther Party for more than twenty years, Newton (1942-1989) was at the forefront of the radical political activism of the 1960s and '70s. Raised in poverty in Oakland, California, and named for corrupt Louisiana governor Huey P. Long, Newton embodied both the passions and the contradictions of the civil rights movement he sought to advance. In this first show more authorized biography, Newton's former chief of staff David Hilliard teams up with best-selling authors Keith and Kent Zimmerman to tell the whole story of the man behind the organization that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover infamously dubbed "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country." show lessTags
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an excellent book. A great read written by people whom knew the man, not just someone whom had herd about the man. Reading the book you walk in the man's shoes from beginning to tragic end.
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- Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir, Politics and Government, General Nonfiction, History
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- 322.42092 — Society, government, & culture Political science Relation of the state to organized groups and their members Political action groups Revolutionary and subversive groups Biography And History Biography
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- E185.97 .N48 .H55 — History of the United States United States Elements in the population Afro-Americans Biography. Genealogy
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