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The walls, the bars, the guns and the guards can never encircle or hold down the idea of the people.

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Huey Newton
Age: 47 †
Born: 1942
Born: February 17
Died: 1989
Died: August 22
Activist
Human Rights Activist
Philosopher
Politician
Sociologist
Monroe
Louisiana
Dr. Huey P. Newton
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The revolution has always been in the hands of the young. The young always inherit the revolution.
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