The Boondocks by Aaron McGruder for February 15, 2022
Transcript:
Tom: So, young brother, what's your name? Huey: Huey Freeman. Tom: Huey! That's a great name! Did you know there was once a pretty famous person named Huey? Huey: Perhaps you're referring to Huey P. Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party for self-defense and icon of the black power movement of the late sixties and early seventies. I was named after him. Tom: Um, actually, I was thinking of Huey Lewis fro Huey Lewis and the News, pop star of the mid-eighties. Huey: Before my time.
Johnny Q Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Or did he mean Louisiana strongman Huey Long? Baby Huey? Huey, Dewey and Louie?
Ellis97 almost 3 years ago
Huey’s mother must share his views and goal for unity.
christelisbetty almost 3 years ago
OH! enlargement shows me he was an ICON, not kon…..
Algolei I almost 3 years ago
If he’s named after someone, they were by definition before his time.