bobbyseale

== =Bobby Seale=


 * Directions**: Use the following questions and resources to learn more about your individual. Take careful notes; you may not simply cut and paste from the Internet into your notes. Keep careful track of your sources for your Works Cited. Based on your research, you will create a profile of your individual to share with the class. This profile should provide basic background information on your individual //and// provide an overview of his/her stance on our main questions: where is the U.S. headed from here? what are the primary issues/concerns facing our nation? how would deal with these issues and concerns?


 * Questions to consider as you do your research;**
 * How did the Civil Rights Movement change between 1965 and 1968? What new challenges presented themselves after the passage of the voting rights act?
 * Why were African Americans rioting in Los Angles in 1965? in other cities during 1966 and 1967?
 * How do the Panthers fit into the overall civil rights movement? What were their goals? What were their strategies?
 * What were the Panthers' views on violence?
 * How would Seale define equality and the role of the government making equality a reality for African Americans in the U.S. at the time?


 * Resources:**
 * Eyes on the Prize: Black Panther Party--start here:[| http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/17_panthers.html]
 * Background information on the times: http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/times.html
 * Background information on the actions of the BPP: http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/actions.html
 * The Black Panthers' Ten Point Platform: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/sources/ps_panthers.html
 * Eyes on the Prize: Profile of Seale: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/profiles/30_seale.html
 * Eyes on the Prize: The Detroit Race Riots 1967: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/eyesontheprize/story/13_detroit.html
 * [|Bobby Seale, Seize the Day; the Story of the Panther Party and Huey P. Newton (book by Seale on the Panthers)]
 * Newark and Detroit Race Riots: []

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