Bobby Seale

Robert George Bobby Seale is an American political activist. He and Huey Newton cofounded the Black Panther Party.

Seale is the eldest of three children. He has a younger brother, Jon, and a younger sister, Betty. He was born in Liberty, Texas to George Seale, a carpenter, and Thelma Seale , a homemaker. The Seale family lived in poverty during most of Bobby Seales early life. After moving around Texas, first to Dallas, then to San Antonio, and Port Arthur, his family eventually relocated to Oakland, California when he was eight years old. Seale attended Berkeley High School, then dropped out and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1955. He was discharged for bad conduct three years after joining for fighting with a commanding officer at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. After being dishonorably discharged from the Air Force, Seale worked as a sheet metal mechanic for different aerospace plants while earning his high school diploma at night. I worked in every major aircraft plant and aircraft corporation, even those with government contracts. I was a topflight sheetmetal mechanic. Seale, Bobby . S

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