Aug. 22, 1989: 33 years ago, August 22 1989, Huey Newton, cofounder of the Black Panther [...]

33 years ago, August 22 1989, Huey Newton, cofounder of the Black Panther Party, was murdered in the Lower Bottoms neighborhood of West Oakland. Tyrone Robinson of the Black Guerilla Family was arrested and charged with his murder

His funeral was held six days later on August 28 at the Allen Temple Baptist Church with a crowd of over 2,000 people gathered within and outside of the church. His ashes are interred at Oakland’s Evergreen Cemetery

Due to the work of his wife, Federika Newton, and the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation, a bust of Huey was placed last year in the spot where he was killed, and a portion of 9th Street was commemoratively named Dr. Huey P. Newton Way