{"product_id":"book-29lz","title":"Huey Newton","description":"Huey Newton was one of the most influential and controversial political activists in modern American history. A revolutionary thinker, community organizer, and co-founder of the Black Panther Party, he became a central figure in the struggle for civil rights, racial justice, and social change during the turbulent decades of the 1960s and 1970s. Admired by supporters and criticized by opponents, Newton remains one of the most significant figures of his era.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn in Monroe, Louisiana, in 1942 and raised in Oakland, California, Newton experienced firsthand the inequalities and racial tensions that shaped postwar America. In 1966, alongside Bobby Seale, he founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. The organization gained national attention through its calls for community empowerment, political education, economic justice, and resistance to police brutality. Under Newton's leadership, the Panthers established programs providing free breakfasts for children, health clinics, educational initiatives, and other community services.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis biography traces Newton's journey from a challenging childhood to national prominence. Drawing upon memoirs, speeches, government records, historical studies, interviews, and contemporary accounts, it explores his life, political philosophy, achievements, controversies, and enduring legacy. Huey Newton remains one of the most important and debated figures in the history of modern American social and political movements.","brand":"Author's Republic","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67395490545968,"sku":"BD29lz","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-29lz","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}