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Seale, Bobby
Source: Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present: From the Age of Segregation to the Twenty-first Century
Word Count: 853 Includes: Bibliography(b. 22 October 1936), political activist and cofounder of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense. Robert “Bobby” George Seale was born in Dallas, Texas, to George, a carpenter by profession, and Thelma Seale. Seale had a peripatetic childhood, moving to Port Arthur, Texas, and then San Antonio, Texas, before settling in Oakland, California, at the age of ten. In this move from the South to the West Coast, the Seales joined the ranks of 1.5 million African Americans streaming out of the South in search for work and better living conditions during the World War II period.In California, Seale enlisted in the U.S. Air Force at the age of eighteen. His earlier attempts to join both the air force and the U.S. Army had proved unsuccessful because of concern over a foot he injured in a car accident. As part of ...
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Source: Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition
Word Count: 4121936–
Political and social activist in the 1960s, cofounder and chairman of the militant Black Panther Party. Bobby Seale, the son of George and Thelma Seale, was born in Dallas, Texas and moved to California with his family when he was ten years old. He entered the U.S. Air Force at eighteen and served as an aircraft-sheet mechanic. Three years later, he was dishonorably discharged for insubordination and absence without leave. In 1961 he enrolled at Merritt College in Oakland, California.While at Merritt, Seale became a member of the Afro-American Association. Through this militant organization, Seale met and befriended fellow student Huey Newton. Together they formed the Soul Students Advisory Committee at the college. In 1966 the two created the Black Panther Party, whose political platform called ...
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Source: African American National Biography
Word Count: 1612 Includes: Further Reading(22 Oct. 1936– ), cofounder of the-Black Panther Party, was born Robert George Seale in Dallas, Texas. His mother, Thelma (maiden name unknown), raised Bobby, as well as his brother, sister, and cousin, while his father, George Seale, worked as a carpenter throughout Texas. Seale recalled that his father was often absent, and, when home, would often beat him. During World War II, after moving throughout Texas, the family moved to Oakland, California, where George Seale opened his own store.Seale enlisted in the air force as a sheet metal mechanic at age eighteen and was stationed in South Dakota. After almost four years, he was dishonorably discharged following a dispute with a colonel, in part because he owed money to a relative of the officer. After returning to Oakland, Seale worked as an aircraft mechanic, a draftsman, and as a ...
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