Robert George Seale better known as Bobby Seale was born October 22, 1936 in Dallas Texas. He was the oldest of three children. Seale grew up very poor with a very abusive father. Growing up he continuously saw his father mistreat his mother and beat her. (Bio, Page 1)His family then move to California where he attended Berkeley High School this is also where he started to gain some political knowledge. Seale then joined the U.S Air Force in 1955 sadly he was discharged after an altercation with his superior officer in 1959. In September 1962 he met what would be today the other co-founder of the Black Panther Party Huey Newton. The two met at a rally protesting the Kennedy administration blockade in Cuba. The two shortly became best friends
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This was the reason why Bobby Seale and Huey Newton created the party in 1966, because of all the police brutality that was occurring. At this time Seale and Newton were both living in Oakland California. The year prior to the creation of the Black Panther Party, was the Watts Riot. During this riot there was many cases of police brutality many blacks were wounded or killed during this event. This made Seale and Newton think what they could do to prevent something like that from happening again. Seale and Newton at first use a more peaceful tactic to get their voices heard. They try to go down and speak with the North Oakland Neighborhood Service Center. The NONSC worked with them and with 5,000 signatures they brought their issue to the city council but sadly they were ignored. (Collison, Page1) This caused Seale and Newton to create the Black Panther Party this also changed the method they used. No longer would their voices be ignored again, their party would now resort to a more physical and impactful method. One of the main goals of the program was that Blacks should control destiny of their Black Communities. Seale and Newton believed that if the blacks had control of their communities, blacks would become more prosperous and successful. This was the key point of their movement and there were determine to get there point …show more content…
This controversial book discussing the lifestyle of the Black Panthers organization and the history of the party. In that same year Seale was arrested during a protest at the Democratic National Convention. The news said “Seale and six others were arrested for conspiracy to incite a riot.” (Collison, Page 1) he was sentence to four years of prison because of contempt of court. To make matters even worst he was also being tried for the murder of a fellow Black Panther member. After serving time in prison he gave up on his violent ways and had really started to focus towards
This was the reason why Bobby Seale and Huey Newton created the party in 1966, because of all the police brutality that was occurring. At this time Seale and Newton were both living in Oakland California. The year prior to the creation of the Black Panther Party, was the Watts Riot. During this riot there was many cases of police brutality many blacks were wounded or killed during this event. This made Seale and Newton think what they could do to prevent something like that from happening again. Seale and Newton at first use a more peaceful tactic to get their voices heard. They try to go down and speak with the North Oakland Neighborhood Service Center. The NONSC worked with them and with 5,000 signatures they brought their issue to the city council but sadly they were ignored. (Collison, Page1) This caused Seale and Newton to create the Black Panther Party this also changed the method they used. No longer would their voices be ignored again, their party would now resort to a more physical and impactful method. One of the main goals of the program was that Blacks should control destiny of their Black Communities. Seale and Newton believed that if the blacks had control of their communities, blacks would become more prosperous and successful. This was the key point of their movement and there were determine to get there point …show more content…
This controversial book discussing the lifestyle of the Black Panthers organization and the history of the party. In that same year Seale was arrested during a protest at the Democratic National Convention. The news said “Seale and six others were arrested for conspiracy to incite a riot.” (Collison, Page 1) he was sentence to four years of prison because of contempt of court. To make matters even worst he was also being tried for the murder of a fellow Black Panther member. After serving time in prison he gave up on his violent ways and had really started to focus towards