MikeDunnAuthorFeb 18

Today in Labor History February 18, 1970: A jury found the Chicago Seven not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. However, Judge Julius Hoffman still convicted all the defendants with contempt and sentenced them to jail time ranging from 3 months to over 4 years. These were all reversed on appeal. Black Panther Bobby Seale had been a codefendant, but his case was declared a mistrial. Judge Hoffman had ordered him physically gagged during the trial.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #ChicagoEight #BlackPanthers #BobbySeale #riots #DNC #prison

AfroféminasJan 21
El regreso de los Panteras Negras en la era de las redadas
El Partido Pantera Negra reaparece en Philadelphia para proteger a comunidades migrantes de las redadas
https://afrofeminas.com/2026/01/21/el-regreso-de-los-panteras-negras-en-la-era-de-las-redadas/
#Antirracismo #DESTACADO #afrodescendientes #Afrofminas #Afrofeminas #afrofeminismo #antirracismo #Autodefensa #BobbySeale #BrutalidadPolicial #COINTELPRO #DeportacionesMasivas #dispora #discriminacin #FredHampton #HistoriaAfroamericana #
John AutryOct 29

October 29, 1969 - U.S. Federal Judge Julius Hoffman ordered a defendant in the courtroom gagged and chained to a chair during his trial after he repeatedly asserted his right to an attorney of his own choosing or to defend himself.

The defendant, Black Panther Party leader Bobby Seale, and seven others had been charged with conspiring to cross state lines "with the intent to incite, organize, promote, encourage, participate in, and carry out a riot" by organizing the anti-war demonstrations in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

The Chicago Eight included Seale, David Dellinger, Rennie Davis, Thomas Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, and John Froines.

#BobbySeale #Chicago8

John AutryOct 15
October 15, 1966 - Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California. Its revolutionary agenda, and the fact that its members, all U.S. citizens, were armed, prompted FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to refer to it as as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States."
#HueyNewton #BobbySeale #BlackPantherParty
Liam O'Mara IV, PhDOct 15
On #ThisDayInHistory in 1966, the #BlackPantherParty was founded in Oakland by #HueyPNewton and #BobbySeale. A #socialist group, it operated health clinics and provided free food to school children. This scared Washington into unleashing #COINTELPRO and murdering its leaders...
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Bobby Seale

"Nous ne combattrons pas l'exploitation capitaliste par un capitalisme #noir. Nous combattrons le capitalisme par le socialisme."

socialisme n'est pas communisme n'est pas communisme politique.

#livre #mastolivre #BobbySeale #race

John AutryOct 15, 2024
October 15, 1966 - Huey Newton and Bobby Seale formed the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland, California. Its revolutionary agenda, and the fact that its members, all U.S. citizens, were armed, prompted FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover to refer to it as as "the greatest threat to the internal security of the United States."
#HueyNewton #BobbySeale #BlackPantherParty
MikeDunnAuthorFeb 18, 2024

Today in Labor History February 18, 1970: A jury found the Chicago Seven not guilty of conspiring to incite riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. However, Judge Julius Hoffman still convicted all the defendants with contempt and sentenced them to jail time ranging from 3 months to over 4 years. These were all reversed on appeal. Black Panther Bobby Seale had been a codefendant, but his case was declared a mistrial. Judge Hoffman had ordered him physically gagged during the trial.

#WorkingClass #LaborHistory #ChicagoEight #BlackPanthers #BobbySeale #riots #DNC #prison

AAPBJan 3, 2024

In 1968, #BobbySeale, co-founder of the #BlackPanthers, delivered a powerful speech at a rally on the Boston Common for the Peace and Freedom Party.

Learn more about the history of civil rights in America from the figures who shaped the movement. Listen to Seale's full speech: https://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-9xs5jh03

#publicmedia #publicbroadcasting #aapb #archives #mediaarchives #publictv #wgbh #gbh #digitization #blackpanthers #BobbySeale #BostonCommon #civilrights #civilrightsmovement

Say Brother; Bobby Seale on the Boston Common

Raw, unedited footage of Bobby Seale of the Black Panthers speaking at the rally on Boston Common (7/22/1968) for the Peace and Freedom Party, who had nominated the Black Panthers? Eldridge Cleaver for President of the United States. Seale discusses a variety of topics including the emergence of the Panthers; the Oakland (CA) Police Department who Seale maintains is intentionally targeting the Panthers; the need for ballot signatures for Eldridge Cleaver; etc.

American Archive of Public Broadcasting
John AutryNov 5, 2023
November 5, 1969 - Bobby Seale, a founder of the Black Panther Party, was sentenced to four years in prison on sixteen counts of contempt of court during the federal Chicago Eight trial in Chicago; he was charged for his insistent claims to the right to choose his own lawyer, or to represent himself. After the Chicago Eight verdict, the contempt charges were withdrawn.
#BobbySeale