Huey P. Newton Enthroned-Iconic Image Of Black Power

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In the article Huey P. Newton Enthroned- Iconic Image of Black Power discusses Huey P. Newton and his image of being a black panther, and his involvement with the Black Power movement. Huey P. Newton is the founder of the Black Panthers of Self Defense. Black power and self -determination was a goal for the Black Panthers. Bobby Seale is the cofounder with Newton of the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California.
Newtown and Seale were fellow collegians at Merritt Junior College in Oakland, California. Newton and Seale were on the Soul Students advisory council and in other political-minded campus groups. Public relations was not a problem for these two, they had determination in their blood. They were tired of endless discussions …show more content…

Mulford was California’s State Assemblyman. His bill was unabashedly aimed ending the Black Panther Party police patrols by changing the law for carrying loaded weapons, and requiring permits for handguns (Morgan, 133-1340). The Mulford Act did pass on June 28, 1967. The Mulford Act did nothing to control law enforcement commitment to do away with the Panthers. A few months after the Mulford Act was passed a verbal altercation happened with Newton and two police officers. The shootout left one of the officers dead, and the other wounded. Newton was hospitalized from a gunshot to the abdomen. Newton was charged with the murder of John Frey the police officer at the scene. Despite no gun of his being found. The Black Panthers went into action so they could find money for Newton to get out of jail. They held rallies, and the “Free Huey” campaign. After a two month trial Newton was convicted of “voluntary manslaughter” and given a sentence of two- fifteen years (Morgan, 146). Two Oakland police officers, Robert Farrell and Richard Williams, were outraged by the conviction; they went and shot up the windows of the party

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