Bobby Seale

Co-founder of the Black Panther Party (born 1936) Bobby SealeSeale in 1968Born (1936-10-22) October 22, 1936 (age 89)Liberty, Texas, U.S.EducationMerritt CollegeNotable workSeize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. NewtonPolitical partyBlack PantherSpouse Artie McMillan ​ ​(m. 1965; div. 1977)​PartnerLeslie Johnson (1971–present) Bobby Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an African American revolutionary, political activist, and author. Seale co-founded the Marxist–Leninist and Black power political organization known as the Black Panther Party (BPP) with fellow activist Huey P. Newton. Founded as the "Black Panther Party for Self-Defense", the Party's main practice was monitoring police activities and challenging police brutality in Black communities, first in Oakland, California, and later in cities throughout the United States. 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