Unforgettable Change: 1960s: Black Panther Party: A Black Power Alternative
Click image to zoom in.Or view larger version. Courtroom drawing in the case against Huey P. Newton, a Black Panther. July 21, 1968. Unknown photographer. Pen and ink drawing. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. The Oakland Tribune Collection. Gift of Alameda Newspaper Group.
This drawing shows Huey Newton on the stand, legs crossed, hands clasped, wearing a black turtleneck sport coat. Text on drawing reads: "Newton testifies, he is pauper.” Newton was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in September, 1968 for killing an Oakland police officer and was sentenced to two to fifteen years. However, he was released in 1970 after a series of appeals led to a new trial which ended in mistrial.