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Straight Up with Bobby Seale
About this film
Candid and informative interview with Bobby Seale, co-founder with Huey P. Newton of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense. Seale goes into great detail about his childhood and what inspired him to become an activist and civil rights leader. Seale also clears up common misconceptions about the Black Panther Party and its history. Also includes firsthand accounts of his work with COINTELPRO and the reasoning behind his resignation from the Party.
Directors & creators
WHUT-TV (Howard University Television)
Subjects
public broadcasting, AAPB, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Pryor, John Thompson, Black Panther Party, COINTELPRO, Jasper, Texas, United States Air Force, Black Power movement, civil rights movement, dialectical materialism, African American history, political activism
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