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Huey’sRe-Mix

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Huey’s Re-Mix is a project that explores the multiplicity of appropriations of the original photograph of Huey P. Newton, co-founder and Minister of Defence of The Black Panther Party of Self-Defence depicted as a “Black Urban Warrior” (As said by Kathleen Cleaver). Taking the ‘copy’ as starting point the project seeks to answer the question: what message is sampled here?

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2018: Kelly Rowland

Halloween costumesHuey P. NewtonKelly RowlandTim WeatherspoonUnited States
Kelly Rowland & Tim Weatherspoon as members of the Black Panther Party@ Halloween 2018

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2018: I am Queen Mary

colonialismCopenhagenDenmarkHuey P. NewtonJeannette EhlersLa Vaughn BelleVirgin Islands
I Am Queen Mary by Danish artist Jeannette Ehlers and Virgin Islands artist La Vaughn Belle

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Huey’s remix 2017: Jay Z’s The Story of OJ

HiphopJay ZOJ SimpsonstereotypeUnited States
Screenshot taken at [2'10''] from "The Story of OJ" by Jay-Z and Mark Romanek

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2017: Chadwick Boseman (a.k.a. Marvel’s Black Panther)

Black PanthersChadwick BosemancomicHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionMarvelrevolutionsuperheroUnited States
Black Panther (2018) via http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1825683/

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2015: Paris’ Hard Truth Soldier

Bay AreaBlack Panther Party of Self-defenceCaliforniaGuerilla FunkHuey P. NewtonOaklandParisUnited States
Found in sfchronicle.com, photo by: Guerrilla Funk.

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2015: Slauson Girl

Black PanthersHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionrevolutionwoman
Found on website of Slauson Girl

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2013: Whip it good by Jeannette Ehlers

colonialismDenmarkHuey P. NewtonJeannette Ehlersslavery
Promotional image for performance Whip it Good by Jeannette Ehlers

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Huey’s Re-mix 2013: Jennifer Moon

asianBlack PanthersHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionrevolutionwoman
Jennifer Moon, There Is Nothing Left but Freedom, detail of You Can Kill My Body, but You Can’t Kill My Soul, 2013

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Huey’s Re-mix 2004: Sam Durant

Black PanthersHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionrevolutionSam Durant
Sam Durant - Proposal for Monument to Huey Newton at Alameda County Courthouse, Oakland, CA., 2004 Bronze, stainless steel, concrete; 58" x 48" x 48"

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Huey’s Re-mix 2003: Missy Elliott

Black PanthersGeorge ClintonHiphopHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionrevolution
Missy Elliott - This Is Not A Test! - 2003

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Huey’s Re-Mix 2000: Fear of a Black Marker by Keith Knight

Fear of a black planetHuey P. NewtonKeith KnightPublic EnemySan FranciscoUnited States
Fear Of A Black Marker: Another K Chronicles Compendium (2000) by Keith Knight

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Huey’s Re-mix Late 1990s(?): Nas

Black PanthersHiphopHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionrevolution
Nas

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1992: Chuck D.

Black PanthersHiphopHuey P. Newtonlanguagelanguage of revolutionrevolutionSPIN Magazine
Chuck D of Public Enemy, SPIN magazine - October 1992

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1979: Uncle Jam a.k.a. George Clinton

AfrofuturismfunkFunkadelicGeorge ClintonHuey P. Newtonlanguagerevolution
Uncle Jam Wants You, cover photo (by Diem M. Jones) and artwork (by Pedro Bell), 1979

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1975: Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson

Brian JacksonGil Scott-HeronGorillaHuey P. NewtonMidnight BandNixonPan-africanThe liberation SongUnited States
The First Minute of a New Day, by David Lau

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Heuy’s Re-Mix 1972: Eddie Kendricks People… Hold On

Eddie KendricksHuey P. NewtonWeldon Arthur McDougal III.
Eddie Kendricks People... Hold On. Photography by Weldon Arthur McDougal III

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1970: Happy Birthday Huey

Black Panther PaperBlack Panther Party of Self-defenceEmory DouglasHappy BirthdayHuey P. Newton
Found on 18.10.2017 at SOUL OF A NATION: Art in the Age of Black Power @ Tate Modern

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1968: bullethole-edition

Black Panther Party of Self-defenceHuey P. NewtonOaklandStephen ShamesUnited States
Photo by Stephen Shames, found in Power to the People, The world of the Black Panther by Stephen Shames and Bobby Seale, 2016; page 6.

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1968: Free Huey rally

Black Panther Party of Self-defenceFree HueyHuey P. NewtonOaklandStephen Shames
Photo by Stephen Shames, found on Moma.org

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Huey’s Re-Mix 1967: the ‘original’ Huey P. Newton

Black Panthersblack powercivil rightsEmory DouglasHuey P. NewtonKathleen CleaverlanguagerevolutionUnited StatesWest den Haag
Rights and Reproductions The Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720-6000

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