Huey Spirit of the Panther

by Hilliard, David; Zimmerman, Keith; Zimmerman, Kent; Newton, Fredrika

• ISBN13: 9781560258971
• ISBN10: 1560258977
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-10-26
• Publisher: Basic Books

Summary

Huey P. Newton remains one of the most misunderstood political figures of the twentieth century. As cofounder and leader of the Black Panther Party for more than twenty years, Newton (1942-1989) was at the forefront of the radical political activism of the 1960s and '70s. Raised in poverty in Oakland, California, and named for corrupt Louisiana governor Huey P. Long, Newton embodied both the passions and the contradictions of the civil rights movement he sought to advance. In this first authorized biography, Newton's former chief of staff David Hilliard and best-selling authors Keith and Kent Zimmerman team up to tell the WHOLE story of the man behind the organization that FBI director J. Edgar Hoover infamously dubbed "the greatest threat to the internal security of the country."

Author Biography

As chief of staff of the Black Panther Party, David Hilliard was actively involved in every major activity of the best-recognized and most feared African-American organization of the 1960s and '70s. He is the author of "This Side of Glory," a memoir that tells the story of his involvement in the Black Panthers, and the coeditor, with Don Weise, of "The Huey P. Newton Reader."

Keith and Kent Zimmerman are coauthors of the international best-seller "Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs" with former Sex Pistols frontman Johnny Rotten; "Sing My Way Home: Voices of the New American Roots Rock"; and the New York Times best-seller "Hell's Angel: The Life and Times of Sonny Barger and the Hell's Angels Motorcycle Club." The Zimmermans live in Oakland, California.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
CHAPTER 1 "Let Me Die Right Here."	1	(6)
CHAPTER 2 The Oakland Streets	7	(8)
CHAPTER 3 The Seeker	15	(10)
CHAPTER 4 The Founding of the Black Panther Party and the Ten-point Program	25	(11)
CHAPTER 5 The First Armed Patrols and Badge 206	36	(15)
CHAPTER 6 The Killing of Denzil Dowell	51	(11)
CHAPTER 7 Why Sacramento?	62	(13)
CHAPTER 8 Huey and the Killing of Officer John Frey	75	(12)
CHAPTER 9 Free Huey?	87	(22)
CHAPTER 10 The Courage To Kill: Huey and Eldridge	109	(24)
CHAPTER 11 Eldridge Cleaver: Hidden Traitor and Infantile Leftist	133	(26)
CHAPTER 12 Inside the Penal Colony	159	(11)
CHAPTER 13 From the Prison to the Penthouse	170	(17)
CHAPTER 14 The Huey First Met	187	(9)
CHAPTER 15 "Will You Die with Me Tonight?"	196	(16)
CHAPTER 16 Path To the Lighthouse: Huey Flees	212	(19)
CHAPTER 17 Cuba Libre	231	(15)
CHAPTER 18 Return to the Scene of the Crime	246	(18)
CHAPTER 19 Surviving Huey: Fredrika's Words	264	(20)
CHAPTER 20 The Spirit of the Panther	284	(9)
Notes	293	(4)
Index	297