The Genius of Huey P. Newton

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The Genius Of Huey P. Newton...

The Genius of Huey P. Newton

To those of us who were alive–and sentient, the name Huey P. Newton evokes an era of mass resistance, of Black popular protest and of the rise of revolutionary organizations across the land.

To those of subsequent eras, youth in their 20s, the name is largely unknown, as is the name of its greatest creation: The Black Panther Party.

To those of us now known as ‘old heads’ and elders, such a transition from then to now seems almost unimaginable, but alas, looking out into the present is proof positive that the old saying, “History is written by the victors” has more than a grain of truth to it.

History, it seems, is many things, but kind to the oppressed, it is not.

It never has been.

It is up to the oppressed, of every generation, to plumb the depths of history, and to excavate the ore of understanding, to teach us, not what happened yesterday, but to teach us why today is like it is, so that we may learn ideas to change it.

For history belongs not so much to those who have lived it, but more so to those who have inherited it.

It is in that spirit that we examine the life of Huey P. Newton....Click link above for full story

by MUMIA ABU-JAMAL

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