To die for the people: the writings of Huey P. Newton

273 Pages·1972·4.103 MB·English

by  Huey P. Newton

TO DIE FOR THE PEOPLE

TO DIE
FOR THE
PEOPLE
The Writings of Huey P. Newton
Introduction by Franz Schurmann
VINTAGE BOOKS
A Division of Random House New York
FIRST VINTAGE BOOKS EDITION MAY 1972
Copyright © 1972 by Stronghold Consolidated Productions, Inc.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright
Conventions. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc.,
New York. Distributed in Canada by Random House of Canada Lim
ited, Toronto. Originally published by Random House, Inc., in May 1972
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Newton, Huey P.
To die for the people.
I. Black Panther Party. I. Title.
[El85.615.N4 1972b] 322.4'2 72-522
ISBN:0-394-71834-8
Roy Wilkins' syndicated column (Oakland Tribune, August 1970) re
produced courtesy of The Register and Tribune Syndicate.
The lyrics from "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song" by Melvin Van
Peebles. Copyright © 1971 by Yeah, Inc. All rights reserved.
The article by William L. Patterson, entitled "The Black Panther Party:
A Force Against U.S. Imperialism" reprinted by permission of the author.
Manufactured in the United States of America by American Book
Stratford Press
To the fallen comrades
of the Black Panther Party

To die for the . . . racists . . . is lighter than a feather. But
to die for the people . . . is heavier than any mountain and
deeper than any sea.
-HUEY P. NEWTON

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
To all those who contributed so generously so I could have the
time, the place, the quiet and the space to work on this and
other works.
Without the help of the Black Panther Party, Dr. Herman
Blake, Franz Schurmann, Martin Kenner, my brother Melvin
Newton, Donald Freed, and my editor Toni Morrison, this book
would not have been possible.
To the editor of the Black Panther lntercommurial News
Service and Minister of Information Comrade Elaine Brown,
to the late Comrade Samuel L. Napier, Circulation Manager,
and to my secretary Gwen V. Fountaine, typist, Delois Burbie,
and to my good friend Burt Schneider, whose generous en
couragement greatly aided me in difficult times, my sincere
thanks for their assistance.