Tag Archives: Huey P. Newton
Huey’s Day
On February 17 we celebrate the 1942 birthday of the founder of the Black Panther Party, Huey P. Newton. Anyone paying attention to Black Lives Matter can’t help but see parallels to the same challenges that faced the Black Panthers way back in the 1960′s. Here’s a 1968 documentary film made by the Panthers: Huey! [...]
Posted in Counter Culture
Tagged 1942, birthday, Black Panthers, Bob Avakian, Eldrige Cleaver, February 17, H. Rap Brown, Huey P. Newton, Huey!, Sally Pugh, Stokely Carmichael
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Huey and Me
Yesterday’s post about John Sinclair seemed to get mostly ignored until I ran to the grocery store to get soup and juice and medicine and vodka — I’m almost over the cold my girlfriend has so now I’m the one making the grocery runs. While searching for just the right chicken and dumpling soup and [...]
Posted in Cinema, Counter Culture
Tagged A Huey P. Newton Story, film, Huey P. Newton, one-man-performance, Roger Guenveur Smith, Spike Lee
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