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Huey P. Newton

Newton was born on February 17, 1942 in Monroe, LA. He went to Merritt Community College then in 1966 in Oakland California started The Black Panther Party. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter of a police officer and in September 1968, He was sentenced to 2 to 15 years in prison. Later in 1974 he married Gwen Fontaine until 1983. He married again to Fredrika Newton in 1984 till 1989 (out of both his marriages he had 3 children Ronnie,Jessica, & Kieron Newton). He died being shot three times in the head early morning in a West Oakland neighborhood by Tyrone Robinson.

Bobby Seale

Seale was born on October 22, 1936 in Liberty, TX. He also went Merritt Community College and when he met Newton he joined him and kept the party going. Seale married his first wife, Artie , in 1965; they had one child (Malik Seale) and later divorced. He married Leslie Johnson in 1974. He was sentenced to four years in prison for 16 counts of contempt On November 5, 1969.( In 1970 his first book was published since then he has written 4 books. He is still living today and currently 84 years old.)

Elbert Howard

Howard was born on January 5, 1938 in Chattanooga, TN. Like his other partners he also went to Merritt Community College. In 2007 Howard married his first and only wife Carole Hyams (he died while still married to Carole) . He left the Black Panther Party early in 1974 for unknown reason(s) He went back to Tennessee and served on the boards of directors of several African American progressive educational institutions. then in In 2001, Howard self-published his memoir,( Panther on the Prowl, covering the rise and fall of the Black Panthers. Then in 2018 he died of unknown reason(s).)

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