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Dr. Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, would have turned 81 this year. His life story has been shared by many, but no one knows it quite like his widow, Fredrika Newton.
André Holland fights the power and impacts Hollywood’s framework in his role as real-life figure Huey P. Newton in Apple TV+’s “The Big Cigar,” which marks the 70th anniversary of the ...
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - In the mid-1960s, a new force emerged in the fight for racial justice in America. At the forefront of ...
MONROE, LA (KTVE/KARD) – Huey Percy Newton, the Monroe, La. native who founded the Black Panther Party, would have celebrated ...
Huey P. Newton is an icon in American history but despite his lasting, impactful legacy, he was also just a man. Alongside co-partner Bobby Seale, the two college students founded what would go on ...
In the finale of Apple TV+'s "The Big Cigar," Huey P. Newton, played by André Holland, tells how the Black Panther co-founder understood the "revolutionary power of media." ...
The astonishing true story of Huey P. Newton’s flight to Cuba comes to life in Apple TV+’s “The Big Cigar.” Janine Sherman Barrois, the recipient of the NAACP Image Award, ...
Huey P. Newton was a very complicated person. However, his contributions to the Black Panther Party, whose Free Breakfast for Children is still used in schools across America today, ...
Huey P. Newton (André Holland) is contemplating his “second chance at life” following his release from prison in TheWrap’s exclusive sneak peek at the new Apple TV+ series. In the clip, he ...
Long before “fake news,” “The Big Cigar” looks back to the time of a fake movie – specifically, one designed to provide Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton cover to flee America ...
Legendary actor Glynn Turman is applying his 60+ years of acting to a new limited Apple TV+ drama series about the late revolutionary Black Panther Party Founder Huey P. Newton.