Bobby Seale

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Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an African American revolutionary, political activist, engineer, and author. Seale co-founded the Marxist–Leninist political and militant organization the Black Panther Party with fellow activist Huey P. Newton in 1966. Seale's books include A Lonely Rage: The Autobiography of Bobby Seale, Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton, and Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, with Stephen Shames. Seale was one of the eight people charged by the US federal government with conspiracy charges related to anti-Vietnam War protests in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale's appearance in the trial was widely publicized and Seale was bound and gagged for his appearances in court more than a month into the trial for what Judge Julius Hoffman said were disruptions. Seale's case was severed from the other defendants, turning the "Chicago Eight" into the "Chicago Seven". After...

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