Huey Newton: Connie Matthews offers helpful suggestions to Newton for a book he is writing. "I've been here only a few weeks," she says. "I'm from the Panther embassy in Algiers, where I've been working with Eldridge Cleaver. That's my regular post."

Huey Newton (1942-1989) was a revolutionary African-American political activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966.

Donated to the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College by Michael Mattis and Judy Hochberg on June 2, 2021.

On verso: Sheet of yellow paper affixed upside down. The name "Huey" is handwritten in graphite on it. The remainder of the sheet is typed in black ink: "newton / Connie Matthews offers helpful suggestions / to Newton for book he is writing. 'I've / been here only a few weeks ," she says. / "I'm from the Panther embassy in Algiers / where I've been working with Eldridge / Cleaver. That's my regular post.'". Handwritten in graphite on lable above "newton": "Huey". Handwritten in graphite upside down near center: "1971". Handwritten in graphite in top left corner: "CVL-BP-251 2500". Small fragment of black ink stamp is partially visible in upper half.

Sheet: 10 x 8 1/8

Ferrotyped prints are processed in such a way that they are shiny. The print has a sensitive surface, usually thinner, because it was put through a press while still wet.

Ferrotyped prints have a sensitive surface, usually shiny and thinner, because they are put through a press while still wet. Ferrotyping makes the surface of the photograph smoother. Light does not scatter as much on a smoother surface, so this increases contrast. That makes ferrotyped images better for press photography.

This object has the following keywords:

• Books
• Civil Rights Movements
• Connie Matthews
• Discrimination
• Female Portraits
• Huey Newton
• Injustice
• Male Portraits
• Writers

• Image Dimensions: 9 1/2 x 7 3/8 in. (24.13 x 18.73 cm)