An Evening with Bobby Seale
When:
Monday, Feb 27, 2017 5:00p -
7:00p
Monday, Feb 27, 2017 5:00p -
7:00p
Where:
Washburn Auditorium
10 Phillips Place
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, Social Good, University
Event website:
http://www.lesley.edu/EventDetail.aspx?id=28031
Black Panther Party co-founder Bobby Seale discusses the Black Panther Party's pivotal movement during societal transgressions toward African-Americans.
Mr. Seale is the author of "Power to the People: The World of the Black Panthers," published in October 2016. The book tells the story of the Black Panther Party, founded 50 years ago in 1966 by Seale and Huey P. Newton. The words are Seale's , with contributions by other former party members. Admired, reviled, emulated, misunderstood, the Black Panther Party was one of the most creative and influential responses to racism and inequality in American history. The advocated armed self-defense to counter police brutality, and initiated a program of patrolling the police with shotguns–and law books.
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