Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist

by Judson L. Jeffries

Book Overview

Huey P. Newton's powerful legacy to the Black Panther movement and the civil rights struggle has long been obscured. Conservatives harp on Newton's drug use and on the circumstances of his death in a crack-related shooting. Liberals romanticize his black revolutionary rhetoric and idealize his message.

In Huey P. Newton: The Radical Theorist, Judson L. Jeffries considers the entire arc of Newton's political role and influence on civil...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1578068770
• ISBN13: 9781578068777
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"