This is one of the best books about socialism I've read, and it has the added bonus of being littered with late 60s/early 70s slang which begs to be read (inwardly of course) in a blaxploitation accent.
But then to judge this book solely on its aesthetic merits would to willfully ignore Seale’s plangent message: organize or die.
He and Huey P Newton were the founders of the Black Panthers which was founded on October 15th 1966 when the two of them wrote down the partys 10 point platform. After Huey Newton was shot and jailed in October 1967, the BPP newspaper grew along with the Black Panther Party. And because the extent of my knowledge was limited to the stereotypes and caricatures offered up by popular culture, my impression of the BlackWhat I knew about the Black Panther Party before reading this could have fit onto a dry-cleaning ticket with room to spare, amounting pretty much to that one scene in Forrest Gump when Forrest goes to Washington, DC.
Civil Rights ERA. Be prepared to work for it.This is hands down the best history on the creation and evolution of the Black Panther Party that has been written. He clarifies the party's position and philosophy on the subject of race. Civil Rights ERA.Bobby Seale' s account on The Back Panthers and the unbelievable story of Bobby' s inclusion in the Chicago Seven trial.
I've read some books on this topic (Revolutionary Suicide, Soul on Ice, If they Come in the Morning,& Soledad Brother) and i found this book really detailed. 1st off i've always been fascinated by black panther party a group of powerful sistahs and brothas who stood up for what they believed in. Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 27, 2015After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. I wonder what a movement would be like if its leadership consisted of far more Bobbys and far less Eldridges.this book is poorly written. Get ready for some of the best...Bobby Seale' s account on The Back Panthers and the unbelievable story of Bobby' s inclusion in the Chicago Seven trial. Bobby's book is a sergeant at arms story - a guy who wants to understand how all of this theory can actually have a practical impact and who rejects self-aggrandising stereotypes.
The story of The Black Panther Party ad Huey P. Newton. In the words of Seale the book "...continues to have a universal apppeal as an account of an oppressed people's struggle for human liberation. His inclusion in the Chicago 8 was weird-he simply didn't belong there, even considering how contrived and fantastical the case against these activists was and so his being bound and gagged by judge Julius Hoffman in that courtroom in Chicago made the whole thing beyond surreal.What I knew about the Black Panther Party before reading this could have fit onto a dry-cleaning ticket with room to spare, amounting pretty much to that one scene in Forrest Gump when Forrest goes to Washington, DC. reading this book further solidifies what the panthers started out as and operated from. He details many interesting facts about the party such as the formation of the party, the denial of his constitutional rights during his trial, and the governmental attacks on the party. In 2016, the struggle continues. Seale co-authored Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers, a 2016 book with photographer Stephen Shames.