“You don’t fight racism with racism, you fight it with solidarity.” Bobby Seale, son of George Seale and Themas Seale, was born Robert George Seale on October 20, 1936. The oldest of 3, Bobby stood out to the parents. They moved to Oakland California when Bobby was 8 years old. He attended Berkeley High school and dropped out to join the air force in 1955. After joining, Bobby was discharged. During his time there were the Jim Crow laws and boycotts along with segregation was very bad. Bobby Seale single handily revolutionized the black power movement by co-founding the Black Panther Party, the reason we have federally funded lunch and Bobby also ran for mayor of Oakland and came in 2nd place out of 9 candidates.
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Huey Percy Newton was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. The Black Panthers wanted to improve life in black communities and establish social programs to help those in need. They also fought against police brutality in black neighborhoods by mostly white cops. Members of the group would go to arrests in progress and watch for abuse. Bobby Seale was an important leader of the Black Power movement. Bobby fought and strived and was one of the most important voices of the black people. Bobby preached for a “revolutionary war” but though they considered themselves an African-American party, they were willing to speak out for all those who were oppressed by whatever minority group. They were willing to use violence to get what they wanted, which was the difference between him and Martin Luther. Bobby understood that the method Dr.King used was decent but after the racial tensions increased Bobby said to himself we have to fight back and he made it known that he was willing to do anything for black power even if he had to kill the white
Bobby Seale personal life was …show more content…
Huey Percy Newton was an African-American political activist and revolutionary who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. The Black Panthers wanted to improve life in black communities and establish social programs to help those in need. They also fought against police brutality in black neighborhoods by mostly white cops. Members of the group would go to arrests in progress and watch for abuse. Bobby Seale was an important leader of the Black Power movement. Bobby fought and strived and was one of the most important voices of the black people. Bobby preached for a “revolutionary war” but though they considered themselves an African-American party, they were willing to speak out for all those who were oppressed by whatever minority group. They were willing to use violence to get what they wanted, which was the difference between him and Martin Luther. Bobby understood that the method Dr.King used was decent but after the racial tensions increased Bobby said to himself we have to fight back and he made it known that he was willing to do anything for black power even if he had to kill the white