Bobby Seale's Social Phenomenon

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Newton's right hand man who helped him form the left-winged political party known as the Black Panther Party was Bobby Seale. Bobby Seale is known as one of the original AFrican-American radicals to stray away from the typical non violent Civil Rights Movement. Seale was a big fan of preaching black empowerment, which helped encourage members of the Black Panthers. Seale was always in trouble with the law because of his speeches. Authorities believed that Seale's speeches were encouraging riots.

Bobby Seale were preach about power and social phenomenons in the United States. In Seale's speeches he would reach out to the people and say that we, the Black Panthers need to become organized so we can break social phenomenons. Seale would express

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