02/18/2026
On this day in Black History:
Huey Percy Newton was born in Monroe, Louisana. Newton was co-founder and leader of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. He was assassinated at age 47 by a local narcotics prison gang member trying to move up the ranks. Newton is renowned for his major role in the Party's advocating for political goals-including better housing, jobs, and education for African-Americans. Under Newton's leadership, the Black Panther Party founded over 60 community support programs including food banks, medical clinics, sickle cell anemia testing, prison busing for families of inmates, legal advice seminars, clothing banks, housing cooperatives, and their own ambulance service.
sources:
http://blackhistorydaily.com/black_history/huey_newton.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1989/08/26/us/arrest-in-murder-of-huey-newton.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=CJX_JX9jENgC
