During his tenure at Merritt College, Newton joined the Afro-American Association and helped get the first African American History course adopted into the college's curriculum. Soon after, in October 1966, he and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Large seaworthy vessels first appeared in the Mediterranean Sea, but of course it should be noted that they also appeared elsewhere in the world as well.
They connected the western region of the United States to the industrial revolution creating greater populations and comerce in that region of the country
