9 Quotes & Sayings By Huey Newton

Huey Newton was born to Joseph Calvin and Daisy Ocie Newton in Oakland, California. He attended junior high school in Berkeley, CA. His father was a barber and his mother a domestic servant, working for the Toledos. Huey's childhood was spent in the Oakland, CA ghetto of West Oakland Read more

This was an extremely tough neighborhood for children to grow up in because of the high level of violence and drugs in the area. Huey is one of sixteen children. His father Joseph Newton left when he was very young and never came back.

Huey's mother worked hard to provide for her family by cleaning houses, doing laundry at hotels, and selling homemade fruit pies door-to-door. Huey's relationship with his mother was very close and strong throughout his life until her death in 1972. Huey attended Merritt Junior High School in Oakland after moving to Oakland in 1943, when he was in the ninth grade.

His interest in sports began at this time; he played football, basketball, and baseball while attending Merritt Junior High School. He continued his education at Merritt College (now Merritt College Prep) where he graduated from high school in 1945 at age 16.

Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach. Then forced...
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Youths are passed through schools that don’t teach. Then forced to search for jobs that don’t exist and finally left stranded to stare at the glamorous lives advertised around them. Huey Newton
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If you stop struggling then you stop life. Huey Newton
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I have the people behind me and the people are my strength. Huey Newton
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I didn't get trained by the school system like other kids, and when I did concentrate on learning, my mind was cluttered and locked by the programming of the system. Huey Newton
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Black Power is giving power to people who have not had power to determine their destiny. Huey Newton
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There's no reason for the establishment to fear me. But it has every right to fear the people collectively - I am one with the people. Huey Newton
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I think what motivates people is not great hate, but great love for other people. Huey Newton
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I do not expect the white media to create positive black male images. Huey Newton