Just as the 1960s Black political activist and lawmaker Shirley Chisholm was elevated from obscurity by Regina King’s recent biopic “Shirley,” is “The Big Cigar” meant to revive another iconic ‘60s ...

Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, is getting the Hollywood treatment. (SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE BIG CIGAR") ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They say it's a nation of laws.

Some of you no doubt remember the ubiquitous posters of Black Panther cofounder Huey Newton seated on a thronelike rattan chair in 1967 wearing a natty black beret and black leather jacket while ...

André Holland as Black Panthers founder Huey P. Newton - Credit: Brendan Adam-Zwelling/Apple TV At one point in the new Apple TV+ miniseries The Big Cigar, Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton ...

A team of white Hollywood producers fabricate a movie to help the Black Panther co-founder escape to Cuba in this six-parter. By Daniel Fienberg Chief Television Critic Whether it’s something like ...

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More than 50 years have passed since Black Panthers Party co-founder Huey Newton entered an Oakland courtroom facing a murder charge, but his trial continues to influence the American legal system.

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ANDRE HOLLAND: (As Huey P. Newton) They say it's a nation of laws. But what governs everything in the universe is the law of contradictions. It's how I, Huey P. Newton, was set free into a prison.

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At one point in the new Apple TV+ miniseries The Big Cigar, Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton (André Holland) attends a party and recalls the time he and film producer Bert Schneider ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with André Holland about his starring role as Black Panther Party founder Huey P. Newton in the Apple TV Plus series... André Holland on playing Huey P. Newton in new series ...