Meet the Author
Wed, Feb 25
|125 14th St
Judge Lise Pearlman will discuss her book Huey P. Newton’s Family: Roots of A Revolutionary Suicide. The talk aims to shed light on how the Newton family’s ancestry and interrelationships helped shape Black Panther Party co-founder Huey Newton’s thinking and life trajectory.
Time & Location
Feb 25, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
125 14th St, 125 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
About the event
Judge Pearlman will be joined by Melvin Newton, Prof. Emeritus of Merritt College, Huey Newton’s older brother, who provided many details of his family’s story—one of defiance, self-respect, pride, dignity, hopes, dreams and triumph.
About the book:
A “must read”
- former Mayor Elihu Harris
“Lise Pearlman has expertly captured the essence of the Newton family.”
- Arif Khatib, author and filmmaker and founder of the Multi-Ethnic Sports Hall of Fame