FREEP HELP NEEDED: Black Panther Leader Bobby Seale to visit Shepherd College (WV) Feb 3

The Martinsburg Journal (local 'Rat rag)

[Xthe17th]

From a brief in the Martinsburg Journal:

SHEPHERDSTOWN - Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther political party, plans to visit Shepherd College [Tuesday] Feb. 3 in a program sponsored by the school's office of multicultural affairs and the program board.
"A Night With Boby Seale" is scheduled for 6pm in Reynold's Hall, and the event is free and open to the public.
Seale was born in Dallas in 1936 and developed an interest in architecture. After growing up and joining the Air Force, he later enrolled in Merrit College in Oakland, Calif., as an engineering major. While attending college, he became interested in civil rights.
When Seale was 26, he began his own research into the role and history of African and African American people's struggles for constitutional democracy and civil rights. This was the beginning of a long journey for the group that emerged as the Black Panthers, a group that Seale co-founded.
More information is available by calling (304)876-5453.

[Xthe17th]

Seeking advice, information, and sign ideas.

Well, that's all I know so far. What do the experienced FReepers think? Is this opportunity worthy of a FReep? Anyone ever FReeped a Black Panther? Too dangerous? This is in a place David Horowitz would love - a leftist college campus in a town populated by government (Wash DC) workers. Who has deep background on this notorious group? It was their enemy black gang counterpart the "US" that created Kwaanza, right?

[Xthe17th]

Paging Doctor Raoul & the DC pros.

[Xthe17th]

Paging West Virginians. H-E-L-P !!!

[Xthe17th]

pinging for help

[Doctor Raoul]

Didn't Bobby do a BBQ cookbook? There may be some ideas in that.

Is he STILL a radical? If so, I'd say protest. If not, I'd pass. Any idea of his topic and has anyone heard him speak recently?

[WorkingClassFilth]

I think Chairman Seale is cashing in on the radical flashback tour, but these days he's far more the community activist than the radical firebrand. In fact, the 'new' Black Panthers were at loggerheads with the old duffers and legal threats were being made over the trade-mark, er, name.

These days, pendulous-uddered earth mamas and scrawny, gray-bearded RAT's like to ante up and go relive their youth at 'An Evening With [insert radical @sshole of choice]' type lectures given by dried-up scum that have finally realized the true value of their radicalism - ticket sales.

I think he's pretty toothless at this time, though, and with Brother Huey dead, the closest he gets now to "burn, baby, burn" was when he wrote a book on BBQ recipes a few years back.

CNN Interview:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/cold.war/episodes/13/interviews/seale/

[WorkingClassFilth]

I have this book and Bobby's goober slaw recipe was a real letdown - definitely not worth the price these guys are asking for the book:

http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/BookSearchPL

BTW, years ago I went to a circuit speech given by Eldridge Cleaver when he came in from the cold. He was busy suckering Christian audiences with tales of his conversion. I went up after his speechifyin' and book signing with the elect and pointed out one or two inconsistencies with his newly found religion and his concurrent launching of a "penis pouch" fashion line of men's clothing. I noted the the bourgeoise church goers that flocked to buy his cheesy 'Soul on Fire' book might not dig his alternative activities. At this point, Mr. Cleaver fell out of the spirit and into the flesh. His Christian body guards then hurried him away as he hurled his insults over his shoulder.

The old lefties were much more entertaining than the current crop of weenies.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Oops.

bourgeoise = bourgeoisie

Correct link:

http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/search-handle-url/ix%3Dfixed-price%26fqp%3Dbrowse%0168293%02title%01barbeque%27n%20with%20bobby%26nsp%3Dstore%01zshops-rare-books%02referring-site%01bibliofind/102-7673399-7911336

[kristinn]

If it's free, go and listen. You never know what you might learn.

[tgslTakoma]

It might be interesting to just go in and listen to the lecture; and also to observe the students. You might find a few more conservative kids (for future WV freeps?) there than you thought.

Of course, You might also want to submit a question of your own...

"Mr. Seale, given your past work on civil rights for black folk, I wonder how you feel about coming to WV - where the citizens have the only US Senator who was a KKK Kleagle?"

Another...

"Mr Seale, how do you feel about the Democrat Party, the party of Senator Robert 'KKK' Byrd, and how they seem to only like blacks when they need their votes?"

[Warrior Nurse]

You could also ask him this Mr. Seale when you were protesting the Vietnam War in Chicago 1968 how did it feel when the Democratic mayor (Richard J, Daley) of that city had you arrested and the judge one Abraham Lincoln Maravitch had you bound and gaged like a slave? Yet now you walk lockstep with the jackbooted socialists.

[pageonetoo]

It could make for an entertaining evening... I may try for tickets for his talk, and followup with questions. I see nothing to be gained from standing in the cold, icy winds of WV...it would only add to his credit... page

[ZOTnot]

I don't know anything about him. I guess Shepherd is doing the political correctness thing.

[mountaineer]

What a shame that Shepherd is full of lefty nuts (like the Greens who, judging by the failure to update their website, aren't all that active, and WVPeace). Perhaps some well-worded letters to local newspapers, protesting the use of college funds for such nonsense, would be worthwhile.

[beckett]

My sister once had lunch with Seal some 15 years ago in Philly. She was interviewing him about a cookbook he'd written. She told me that he more or less laughed disparagingly at his Panthers' days, calling it all a bunch of foolishness. She said he sounded pretty level headed and moderate politically. Maybe he's swung back the other way since then, but, FWIW, that was her take at the time.

[bmwcyle]

Kerry lost the war he was in. Bush won the two wars he lead.

[sauropod]

When? What time of day?

[Daveinyork]

In my radical days, I knew some Panthers. I bought my little red book from them, as well as my Mao button. They were touting Mao as a hero. Then they abandoned him for Che. Then, they abandoned him and featured Kim Il Sung in their publication as a great hero.

I remember their "Revolutionary Peoples' Constitutional Convention" in Washington in 1970 or 1971. I was taking pictures for a local radical publication. A panther official tried to take my camera. "We authorize all pictures!" was his reason.

I also remember that one of the speakers was Huey P. Newton, who was recently released after being in prison on suspicion of murder, and notably absent was Bobby Seale, who was awaiting trial in New Haven, CT, for participating in the torture murder of a suspected police informant.

A rally was held in New Haven demanding his release. I was there watching Abbey Hoffman, resplendent in his suede surfari suite, smoking a joint. The bathrooms were declared to be "liberated" meaning that they were gender neutral, men and women waiting together in the same john lines. That rally was organized by none other than one Hillary Rodham.

Horowitz knew the top echelon Panther leaders personally, and knows of at least one murder that they got away with. I've grown up a lot since those days, and the incident with the camera turned my thinking, ever so slightly, at first, in a better direction. I've grown up into a conservative Republican.

The Panthers were a collection of Marxist ideologues, white hating bigots, drug users, drug dealers, street thugs, and hustlers.

They were actually, in one of their more rational moves, strong advocates for Second Amendment rights. In California, in their early days, they held right to carry gun rallies. But, they never stressed the responsiblity that goes with the right, and in their Reading PA branch office, a loaded hand gun was left out where some kids could find it, and one of them had his eye shot out.

Those are my memories of the Panthers. I hope there are others who can provide more hard information.

[cmsgop]

Neat and Informative , Thanks.....

[Libertina]

A rally was held in New Haven demanding his release. I was there watching Abbey Hoffman, resplendent in his suede surfari suite, smoking a joint. The bathrooms were declared to be "liberated" meaning that they were gender neutral, men and women waiting together in the same john lines. That rally was organized by none other than one Hillary Rodham.
Wrong then, wrong now.