By: Leon Kwasi Kuntuo-Asare Origins: Childhood and Education Huey Percy Newton was born in Monroe, Louisiana, on February 17, 1942, he was the youngest of seven children. His family, like so  many other Black families during that period, migrated away from the segregated and impoverished south during the period of the Great Migration, looking for … Continue reading BLACK HISTORY SPOTLIGHT: BLACK PANTHER-HUEY P. NEWTON