Batch1 — Latest News (Blog) — Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation

'Our America: A Year of Activism': How activism has evolved since the murder of George Floyd

LOS ANGELES -- One year after George Floyd was murdered by a former Minneapolis police officer, the country reflects on the progress made in the fight for racial and social justice. "Our America: A Year of Activism" is an exclusive streaming special of social impact experts discussing the evolution of activism over the course of the last year and if enough change has occurred. The three panel conversations feature prominent artists, activists, journalists and commentators. This special programming is a collaboration between ABC Owned Television Stations and Participant.

Fredrika Newton On Legacy And Revolution

For our Action zine cover, we had the honor of speaking with the wife of the late Dr. Huey P. Newton, Fredrika Newton about her time in the Black Panther Party and the importance of preserving its legacy with the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation.

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Power of The People

From 1966, when the Black Panther Party was founded in Oakland by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, until it was disbanded in 1982, it established itself as a power in Black communities across the U.S. Now, the time for recognizing the Panthers’ true legacy may finally be here.

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Mural to Honor Women of the Black Panther Party

A West Oakland resident wants to celebrate the legacy of the women of the Black Panther Party with a permanent 2,000-square-foot mural on her house. Jilchristina Vest joins NBC Bay Area to talk more about the project.

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The Black Panther Party and the Rev. Cheryl Dawson

The sun shined down on West Oakland last Wednesday as I was greeted with a warm, welcoming, COVID-cautious elbow bump from Ericka Huggins.

Huggins, the former director of the Black Panther Party’s Oakland Community School, stood masked among a scattered crowd of people on the 1.3-mile stretch of greenway that bisects Mandela Parkway in West Oakland. It’s here that the Cypress Structure collapsed in the '89 quake—and also where two months prior in that same year, Black Panther Party cofounder Dr. Huey P. Newton was shot and killed just a few blocks away.

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‘A mural that celebrates Black joy’: Oakland home honors women of the Black Panther party

Jilchristina Vest always wanted people to look up to Black women. Now, thanks to a two-story mural on the side of her Oakland home, they literally do.

The mural, dedicated to the women of the Black Panther party, was unveiled earlier this month. Vest’s house sits at Center and 9th streets, in the heart of the West Oakland neighborhood where the Black Panther party began, once known as the Harlem of the west. The mural looks down on the corner where Huey Newton, one of the party’s founders, was killed.

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Kieron SlaughterMarch 1, 2021Batch1

The Dr. Huey P Newton Foundation and Black Panther Party Alumni Partner with the Oakland A’s and others to Celebrate Black History Month

A coalition of five Bay Area professional sports teams representing BAY AREA UNITE is joining forces with the Dr. Huey P Newton Foundation to rally community engagement and awareness for Black History Month. “The Black Panther Party Celebration of Activism” virtual program will broadcast via Facebook Live and YouTube February 24th at 12:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST.

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The event will feature a tribute to the “Black Panther Party 10 Program; What We Want, What We Believe,” special performances and an exclusive look into Judas and the Black Messiah.

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Black Panther Party Alumni Partner with the San Francisco 49ers, Oakland A's, Golden State Warriors, San Jose Earthquakes and Oakland Roots to Celebrate Black History Month

A coalition of five Bay Area professional sports teams representing BAY AREA UNITE is joining forces with the Dr. Huey P Newton Foundation to rally community engagement and awareness for Black History Month.

"The Black Panther Party Celebration of Activism" virtual program will broadcast via Facebook Live and YouTube February 24th at 12:00 p.m. PST/3:00 p.m. EST. The event will feature a tribute to the "Black Panther Party 10 Program; What We Want, What We Believe," special performances and an exclusive look into Judas and the Black Messiah.

Tune in here! https://www.facebook.com/plusonesociety

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Kieron SlaughterFebruary 19, 2021Batch1

Part Of Ninth Street In West Oakland Named For Huey P. Newton

Three blocks of a West Oakland street were named Wednesday morning for a co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The street sign for Dr. Huey P. Newton Way, in honor of the late activist, was unveiled on Ninth Street near Mandela Parkway.

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Kieron SlaughterFebruary 19, 2021Batch1

Part of Ninth Street in West Oakland named for Huey P. Newton

Three blocks of a West Oakland street were named Wednesday morning for a co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The street sign for Dr. Huey P. Newton Way, in honor of the late activist, was unveiled on Ninth Street near Mandela Parkway.

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Kieron SlaughterFebruary 19, 2021Batch1

Part of Ninth Street in West Oakland Named For Huey P. Newton

This is a very special holiday,” Fife said, and challenged the crowd to work for change in the city. The bronze of Newton is being created by sculptor Dana King, who on Wednesday said, “The Panthers were about people.”

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Kieron SlaughterFebruary 19, 2021Batch1

Oakland street renamed after Black Panther Party co-founder Dr. Huey Newton

Oakland has renamed a street after Black Panther Party co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton -- who established numerous community support programs, medical clinics, food banks, and a newspaper.

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Dr. Huey P. Newton Way dedicated on West Oakland’s 9th Street

OAKLAND — On what would have been former Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton’s 79th birthday, a section of a West Oakland street now bears his name. Fredrika Newton, widow of Newton, attended a dedication ceremony Wednesday morning at the corner of Mandela Parkway and 9th Street, just a block from where he was gunned down in 1989.

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Kieron SlaughterFebruary 19, 2021Batch1

Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Establishes a GoFundMe Campaign for the Creation and Installation of a Memorial Bust in West Oakland

Our next initiative is the commission of renowned sculptor and artist Dana King to create a bust of Huey, which will be installed on landscaped walkway at the head of a street recently named for Huey in West Oakland.

Xavier BuckNovember 23, 2020Batch1, Black Panther Party

Breaking the mold: Sculptors seek to create Black figures in bronze

The toppling of Confederate statues during nationwide protests against racial injustice brought renewed attention to the importance of U.S. public monuments, very few of which were made by Black sculptors.

“Space is power. When a Black body in bronze is placed publicly, that story is magnified because of the powerful space,” said sculptor Dana King of Oakland, California.

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Kieron SlaughterSeptember 1, 2020Batch1, Black Panther Party, art, fundraising

The Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Receives a $200,000 Gift For Black Panther Party Legacy Project

“My hope is that the youth have a lineage that they can claim and actually put their hands on and learn from,” said HPNF President Fredrika Newton.

Xavier BuckJune 8, 2020Batch1, Black Panther Party, Philanthropy, Fundraiser, Investing, Black Lives Matter

Widow of Black Panther founder Huey Newton fights for monument in West Oakland

She sees a connection between the Black Panthers’ fight for social justice for African Americans in the late 1960s and the battle she and her neighbors face just to stay in West Oakland, where home prices are skyrocketing and wealthy buyers are moving in.

Xavier BuckFebruary 20, 2020Batch1, Black Panther Party

Fredrika Newton + Huey P. = Revolutionary Love

Fredrika Newton met her late husband, Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense, when she was a college student. From that chance meeting, came a relationship for the history books.

Xavier BuckFebruary 17, 2020Batch1

Guide to the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation Collection at Stanford Libraries

The Huey P. Newton Foundation was started by David Hilliard and Fredrika Newton to develop and sponsor cultural, historical and educational programs and institutions consistant with the theories and teaching of Huey Newton and the philosophy and ideology of the Black Panther Party.

Xavier BuckNovember 17, 2019Black Panther Party, Batch1

AAMLO to Honor Memory of Black Panther Party Cofounder Huey P. Newton, Aug. 17

The African American Museum & Library at Oakland announces a public conversation on Saturday, August 17 (2 p.m. - 4 p.m.) ahead of the thirtieth anniversary of the death of the slain political icon, Dr. Huey P. Newton.

Xavier BuckAugust 17, 2019Batch1