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Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton
Bobby Seale · 1996 · 429 pages
Seale is a longtime activist and co-founder of The Black Panther Party. This work is his riveting first-person account of the evolution of The Party as a national organization.
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Shepard Fairey
“Prior to reading Seize the Time, I believed the hype and thought that the Black Panthers were mostly whitey haters with a great logo and cool outfits. I took a deeper look because of Public Enemy, but what really made me understand the humanity of the Black Panthers was this book. It chronicles black life in Oakland and the need for an organization to protect blacks from racist police and to institute social programs for the black community that the local government does not provide. Seale has a great balance in the book of storytelling with human and amusing lingo, but he also speaks with deep conviction about the role of the Panthers and his admiration for Huey P. Newton.”↗