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= = =Bobby Seale, by Alia= =**Historical Context**=

- **Malcolm X (1965) & MLK assassinated (1968)** o This was a major blow to black [|civil rights] activists. o Many blacks and whites were feeling betrayed at that point since they just acquired civil rights and then their leaders are assassinated. o many blacks were faced with many [|problems] that were not solved even after they gained civil rights § unsatisfactory housing, unemployment, policy prejudice, violence against them, bad health care, and education o During this time, many race riots took place due to violence started by police officers against black people § [|Watts Riots] (1965): one of the most well known American race riots that ever took place · More than 34 people died § [|Detroit Riots] (1967): Police raided an illegal after-hours club · More than 40 people died in the course of 5 days =**Our Views**= - **Self-defense** - **[|Black Power]** o want power and control over their own communities - **Against war in [|Vietnam]**
 * - Black protests**

=**Our Ten-Point Program**= - Some of the main points in our [|Ten-Point Program] are: o Freedom o Employment o Power to Blacks Education o Withdrawal of black soldiers in Vietnam o Housing o Stop police cruelty against Blacks o Freedom of Blacks in jail - One of the founders of the Black Panther Party, along with Huey P. Newton - Supporter of Black Power - Helped form our party into a nationwide and global movement - Influenced by Malcolm X: “Self-defense is an act of intelligence” (CNN) o Self-defense would help Black people - [|Views]: o On Vietnam://"Why should we fight in the war any more? This country's government do not recognize our constitutional democratic human rights, I used to say…”// (CNN) o On Power: //“Because remember, we were dealing with ‘all power to all people’, not just black power…”// (CNN)
 * Bobby Seale, Our Co-Founder**