Bobby Seale
Bobby Seale (born
October 22,
1936) and
Huey P. Newton cofounded the
Black Panther Party in
1966. Seale went on to become the chairman of the party and underwent
FBI surveillance as part of its
COINTELPRO program. As of 2002 he is dedicating his time to Reach, a group that focuses on youth education programs.
Seale was one of the original Chicago Eight defendants at the charged with conspiracy and inciting to riot, in the wake of the 1968 Democratic National Convention, in Chicago, Illinois. Judge Julius Hoffman eventually ordered Seale severed from the case, hence the "Chicago Seven"