Huey Percy Newton was an African-American political and civil rights activist. He co-founded the Black Panther Party with fellow Merritt College student Bobby Seale. Newton was known for being an advocate of self-defense, Palestinian statehood, and for his support of communist-led governments in China, Cuba, Laos, North Korea, and Vietnam. He died in a car crash in Oakland, California in 1989.
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