Huey P. Newton
I Am We
$35.75
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
23 December 2025
Summary
Huey P. Newton was called many things in his time: revolutionary, genius, criminal, even the most surveilled human being in world history. Yet, little of the truth about him is known today due to persistent distortions of his legacy as co-founder of the Black Panther Party.
In this much-needed intellectual history, Delio Vásquez establishes Newton as a true philosopher. Newton developed innovative theories for how the most oppressed could spearhead revolutionary change in a rapidly de…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781509543342 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1509543341 |
| Author: | Delio Vasquez |
| Publisher: | Polity Press |
| Imprint: | Polity Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 23 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 140mm x 208mm |
| Series: | Black Lives |
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Critics Review
“This brilliant book is the long-awaited definitive treatment of the intellectual genius of Huey P. Newton! It shatters the narrow image of this great Black revolutionary figure and discloses a genuine truth-seeker and defender of oppressed people around the world.”
Cornel West, Union Theological Seminary
“This book educates us about love, the lumpen, and the liabilities of freedom fighters. Huey P. Newton shouldered his love for the people. Despite the fractures of betrayals and addictions, he studied and advocated for liberation, and left a legacy for study and to seek principled paths for liberation.”
Joy James, Williams College
Delio Vasquez
Delio Vásquez is Assistant Professor at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.
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