In 1922, Irish revolutionary Michael Collins was shot to death, apparently by Irish Republican Army members opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty that Collins had co-signed. In 1910, Japan annexed Korea, which remained under Japanese control until the end of World War II. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln responded to Horace Greeley's call for more drastic steps to abolish slavery Lincoln replied that his priority was saving the Union, but he also repeated his personal wish “that all men everywhere could be free.” In 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the English coast to win a trophy that came to be known as the America's Cup. Kearny proclaimed all of New Mexico a territory of the United States. In 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. On August 22, 1485, England's King Richard III was killed in the Battle of Bosworth Field, effectively ending the War of the Roses. In January 1977, Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ (commonly shortened to the Peoples Temple), visited Huey Newton in Havana, Cuba.Today is Thursday, Aug. Newton denied any involvement or knowledge, and said that the events "might have been the result of overzealous party members." Malloy recovered from the assault and told police that fellow Panthers Rollin Reid and Allen Lewis were behind his attempted murder. According to Malloy, he and Forbes were ordered by "higher‐ups" to be killed to eliminate any eyewitness accounts of the attempted murder of Crystal Gray. In November 1977, Malloy was found by park rangers paralyzed from the waist down from bullet wounds to the back in a shallow grave in the desert outside of Las Vegas.
One of the two surviving assassins, Flores Forbes, fled to Las Vegas, Nevada, with the help of Panther paramedic Nelson Malloy. During the shootout one of the Panthers, Louis Johnson, was killed, and the other two assailants escaped. Unbeknownst to the assailants, they attacked the wrong house and the occupant returned fire.
#HUEY P. NEWTON AND TYRONE ROBINSON TRIAL#
In October 1977, three Black Panthers attempted to assassinate Crystal Gray, a key prosecution witness in Newton's upcoming trial who had been present the day of Kathleen Smith's murder. Newton returned to the United States in 1977 to stand trial for the murder of Smith and the assault on Callins. Elaine Brown took over as chairperson of the Black Panther Party in his absence. Newton and his girlfriend (later his wife) Gwen Fontaine then fled to Havana, Cuba, where they lived until 1977, which prevented further prosecution on the two charges. At every Chinese airport he landed in, Newton was greeted by thousands of people waving copies of the "Little Red Book" (officially titled Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung) and displaying signs that said "we support the Black Panther Party, down with US imperialism" or "we support the American people but the Nixon imperialist regime must be overthrown." Newton made the trip in late September 1971 with fellow Panthers, Elaine Brown and Robert Bay, and stayed for 10 days. On learning of Nixon's plan to visit China in 1972, Newton decided to visit before him. In 1970, after his release from prison, Newton received an invitation to visit the People's Republic of China. Over the two year course of Newton’s original trial and two appeals, the coalition continued to offer its support until the charges were overturned and Newton was released on August 5, 1970. The trial, which began on July 15, quickly ascended beyond the scope of Newton himself, evolving into a racially-charged political movement.
#HUEY P. NEWTON AND TYRONE ROBINSON FREE#
Prominent Black Panther Kathleen Cleaver claimed the goal of the Free Huey! Campaign was to elevate Newton as a symbol of everything the Black Panther Party stood for, creating something of a living martyr. The phrase “Free Huey!” was adopted as a rallying cry for the movement, and it was printed on buttons and t-shirts. They garnered the attention of international news organizations, raising the profile of the party by astounding measures. Under the leadership of the Black Panther Party and the Peace and Freedom Party, 5,000 protesters gathered in Oakland on Newton's birthday, February 17, 1968, in support of Newton.
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