Born Huey Percy Newton on February 17, 1942, in Monroe, Louisiana. Bro. Newton helped establish the controversial black political organization, The Black Panther Party and became a leading figure in the black power movement of the 1960s.
In the mid-1960s, Bro. Newton was able to attend Merritt College, eventually earning an Associate of Arts Degree. Bro. Newton became a prominent member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. Beta Tau chapter He also attended San Francisco Law School and Oakland City College, the latter where he became interested in politics and motivated to stop the oppressive conditions of America, particularly for blacks. It was here where Bro. Newton joined with Bobby Seale to form the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in 1966, a group based on the armed self-defense of blacks, which included patrolling the Oakland City Police and demanding justice and resources for blacks.