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Fredrika Newton

Fredrika Newton, a former Black Panther Party member and the widow of its co-founder Dr. Huey P. Newton, leads the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation in its mission to preserve the history and legacy of the Black Panther Party. In 2024, she and Dr. Xavier Buck co-founded The Black Panther Party Museum in downtown Oakland.

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Fredrika Newton, Widow of Black Panther Party Co-Founder, Reacts to ‘The Big Cigar’ (Guest Column)

My name is Fredrika Newton. I am the widow of Dr. Huey P. Newton, who co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966 with Bobby Seale while they were both college students at Merritt College in Oakland, California. Huey and the Black Panther Party are featured in a new series now streaming on Apple TV+ titled […]

Fredrika Newton (left) and André Holland as Huey P. Newton in 'The Big Cigar.'
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