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Person · 1942–1989

Huey P. Newton

Co-founder and Minister of Defense of the Black Panther Party.

A founder of [[black-power]].

Huey Newton co-founded the Panthers in 1966, championing armed self-defense and community survival programs as the face of Black Power militancy.

Black Power

On the timeline

  1. October 15, 1966
    The Black Panther Party is founded

    Huey Newton and Bobby Seale form the party for self-defense and community programs.

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