OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Ninth Street at the intersection of Mandela Parkway in Oakland has been renamed after the revolutionary founder of the Black Panther Party: Dr. Huey P. Newton Way.
On what would be his 79th birthday, a three-block stretch of 9th street in West Oakland now bears Huey P. Newton's name.
Fredrika Newton, founder of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation and Newton's widow, was filled with joy.
"I'm overwhelmed. It's our first tangible result of so much effort and not the last," said Newton.
"Huey made Oakland a place for revolutionary organizations to come together," says Xavier Buck, Deputy Director of the Dr. Huey P. Newton Foundation.
Doctor Newton is one of the co-founders of the Black Panther Party. He was shot and killed at this street corner in 1989.
