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The first lesson a revolutionary must learn is that he is a doomed man.Huey P. Newton
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My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.Huey P. Newton
3 Quotes & Sayings By Huey P Newton
Huey P. Newton was born in Oakland, California on August 19, 1942. He was raised by his grandmother, an English teacher and civil rights activist who instilled the value of education and the importance of nonviolence in her grandson. He attended Merritt High School in Oakland before transferring to Oakland Technical High School where he graduated in 1960 with a fine arts/industrial arts diploma
In 1961, he enrolled in Merritt College where he obtained a business degree. While attending Merritt College, Huey joined the Black Panthers and became a member of the revolutionary organization after reading The Autobiography of Malcolm X. He also attended UCLA where he received a master's degree in sociology in 1965.
Later that year, he left college to work for the Free Huey Movement, an organization that advocated for his release from prison. In 1968, Huey P. Newton was arrested for armed robbery and sentenced to twenty-five years at San Quentin State Prison.
During his incarceration at San Quentin State Prison, Huey P. Newton founded the Free Huey Movement and organized a series of hunger strikes designed to gain his release from prison. In 1971, after spending over three years in prison, Huey P.
Newton was released from San Quentin State Prison.