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The National Park Service expands its African-American history sites
On a cool spring day, Fredrika Newton — the widow of Black Panther co-founder, Huey P. Newton — stands next to a bronze bust of her late husband. It's situated in a wide, landscaped median in the west end of Oakland that the Panthers called home.
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Decades later, a new look at Black Panther and their legacy
The unthinkable has happened — in Oakland, the city of the party’s founding 55 years ago. In an unrelenting deluge on an October Sunday, Newton’s widow Fredrika and sculptor Dana King unveiled a bronze bust of Newton.
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Debut of Huey Newton bust spotlights an influential figure
At the California foundry that fired a bust of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Percy Newton, his widow supervised as a bronze caster put finishing touches on what is to become the first permanent public art piece honoring the party in the city of its founding.
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‘Blood in the Soil’: Increasing Awareness of Black Panther Historical Sites
From Oakland to Chicago, the Black Panther Party left its mark on cities across the country. It’s time we acknowledge and honor that legacy.
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Black Panther Party Leader's 'Love and Legacy' Captured in Sculpture and Documentary
Short documentary "For Love and Legacy," a film by A.K. Sandhu, explores the nexus of art, race, and legacy as it follows sculptor Dana King and activist Fredrika Newton as they build a monument — a bust of Black Panther Party (BPP) leader Huey P. Newton, Oakland's first public monument honoring a member of the BPP.
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Revolution Revisited | National Park Conservation Association
The quest to create a national park site about the Black Panther Party.
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America’s view of the Black Panther Party has changed for the better. But has America?
The Black Panther Party was less than a year old when it gained national notoriety on May 2, 1967. Two dozen legally gun-toting members marched into the State Capitol to oppose a Republican gun control bill and brazenly expose the hypocrisy of politicians who only invoked the Second Amendment when it applied to white people.
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National Park Service drops funding for Black Panther Party project
The National Park Service has withdrawn plans to pay nearly $100,000 for a project honoring the legacy of the Black Panther Party after police groups complained to President Donald Trump.