Huey P. Newton

Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was co-founder and inspirational leader of the Black Panther Party, a militant African-American activist group.

College

He attended Merritt College, earning an Associate of Arts degree and also studied law at Oakland City College and at San Francisco Law School. Newton claimed he studied law to become a better burglar. He was arrested several times for minor offenses while still a teenager and he supported himself in college by burglarizing homes in the Oakland and Berkeley Hills. In 1964, he was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon after stabbing a man at a party and sentenced to six months in the Alameda County jail.

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Merritt College - 1964

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