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Huey P. Newton


 

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

Embezzling

In 1985 Newton was arrested for embezzling state and federal funds from the Black Panthers' community education and nutrition programs. In 1989 he was convicted of embezzling funds from a school run by the Black Panthers, supposedly to support his alcohol and drug addictions. By this time the Panthers had turned to less violent activism.

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1985 - 1989

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