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Part One: The Bastards Who Killed the Black Panthers

Behind the Bastards

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Huey P. Newton's Story

In 1945, when Huey was a toddler, the Newton family moved to Oakland, California. He grew up watching his father work 80 hour weeks and still constantly be like stressed out over bills. School was difficult for him and he seems to have had, I think we probably would have today have diagnosed him with a learning disability because he was incredibly intelligent. All thought that Huey might not be college material, fell out the window as he began a meteoric path of scholastic excellence - eventually receiving a PhD.

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