Revolutionary Suicide (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) [Paperback]

The searing, visionary memoir of founding Black Panther Huey P. Newton, in a dazzling graphic package

Eloquently tracing the birth of a revolutionary, Huey P. Newton's famous and oft-quoted autobiography is as much a manifesto as a portrait of the inner circle of America's Black Panther Party, which is recognizing its 50th anniversary in October 2016. From Newton's impoverished childhood on the streets of Oakland to his adolescence and struggles with the system, from his role in the Black Panthers to his solitary confinement in the Alameda County Jail,Revolutionary Suicideis smart, unrepentant, and thought-provoking in its portrayal of inspired radicalism.


For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.Revolutionary SuicideIntroduction byFredrika Newton

Revolutionary Suicide

A Manifesto
Revolutionary Suicide: The Way of Liberation

Part One

1. Starting Out
2. Losing
3. Growing
4. Changing
5. Choosing
6. High School

Part Two

7. Reading
8. Moving On
9. College and the Afro-American Association
10. Learning
11. The Brothers on the Block
12. Scoring
13. Loving

Part Three

14. Freedom
15. Bobby Seale
16. The Founding of the Black Panther Party
17. Patrolling
18. Eldridge Cleaver
19. Denzil Dowell
20. Sacramento and the Panther Bill
21. Growing Pains

Part Four

22. Raising Consciousness
23. Crisis: October 28, 1967
24. Aftermath
25. Strategy

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