Seale, Bobby, 1936-

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Bobby Seale is the co-founder, with activist Huey P. Newton, of the Black Panther Party. Seale was one of the eight people charged by the US federal government with conspiracy charges related to anti-Vietnam War protests in Chicago, Illinois, during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Seale's appearance in the trial was widely publicized and Seale was bound and gagged for his appearances in court more than a month into the trial for what Judge Julius Hoffman said were disruptions. Seale's case was severed from the other defendants. Though he was never convicted in the case, Seale was sentenced by Judge Hoffman to four years for criminal contempt of court. The contempt sentence was reversed on appeal.

In 1970, while in prison, Seale was charged and tried as part of the New Haven Black Panther trials over the torture and murder of Alex Rackley, whom the Black Panther Party had suspected of being a police informer. Panther George Sams, Jr., testified that Seale had ordered him to kill Rackley. The jury was unable to reach a verdict in Seale's trial, and the charges were eventually dropped.

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referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Political Newspapers Collection, 1953-1994, bulk 1969-1992 California State University, Dominguez Hills Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Black Panther Party collection. California state library
referencedIn Stanford University. Associated Students. Speakers Bureau. Associated Students of Stanford University, Speakers Bureau, audio-visual materials, 1981-1996. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Hoffman, Julius J., 1895-1983. Judge Julius Hoffman papers addition, 1953-1983 (bulk 1968-1970). Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Left wing political activities printed material, 1966-1972 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Gordon, Linda. Collection, 1964-1971. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Records of U.S. Attorneys. 1821 - 1994. Records Relating to Legal Precedents National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Papers of Florynce Kennedy, (inclusive), (bulk), 1915-2004, 1947-1993 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Black Panther printed ephemera, ca., 1966-2006. Houghton Library
referencedIn Tyson, Timothy B. Timothy B. Tyson papers, 1948-2003. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
referencedIn R. Buckminster Fuller Papers Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Motion Picture Films and Video Recordings, ca. 1936–ca. 1985 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Angela Davis Legal defense collection, 1970-1972 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn Harris, Alex, 1949-. Alex Harris photographs and papers, 1970-2003. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
referencedIn Williams, John R. John R. Williams papers, 1966-1977 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn John R. Williams papers, 1966-1977 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Executive Office Building Sound Recordings, April 6, 1971–July 11, 1973 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Criminal Dockets, 1880–1980 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn X, Marvin, 1944-. Marvin X audio visual collection. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Shapiro, Phillip. Phillip Shapiro papers, ca. 1960-1985. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Mitford, Jessica, 1917-1996. Papers, 1949-1973 (bulk 1961-1973). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Left wing political activities printed material, 1966-2007. Cornell University Library
referencedIn Black Panther printed ephemera, ca., 1966-2006. Houghton Library
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957 - 1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations (Nixon Administration). 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Sound Recordings of Meetings and Telephone Conversations. 2/16/1971 - 7/18/1973. Executive Office Building tape number 253 Richard Nixon Library
referencedIn Shapiro, Phillip. Papers, ca. 1960-1985 Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Tom Wicker Papers (#5012), 1917-1998 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Associated Students of Stanford University, Speakers Bureau, audio-visual materials, 1981-1996 Cecil H. Green Library. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Black Panther Party. Black Panther Party collection, 1965-1976. Emory University. Special Collections and Archives
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Black Panther printed ephemera, ca. 1966-2006. Houghton Library
referencedIn Classification 157 (Civil Unrest) Case Files, 1957–1978 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn [Black Panther Party pamphlets]. Princeton University Library
referencedIn Criminal Case Files, 1872–2001 National Archives at Chicago
referencedIn Hoffman Family Papers Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf Albert, Judith Clavir, 1943-. Stew Albert and Judy Gumbo Albert papers, 1938-2006 (bulk 1980-2005). University of Michigan
referencedIn Jessica Mitford Papers TXRC91-A11., 1949-73 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Shames, Stephen. Stephen Shames Black Panther photograph collection [graphic]. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Zweig, Martha,. Political Newspapers Collection California State University, Dominguez Hills, CSUDH
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