The first point was we wanted power to determine our own destiny in our own black community. And what we had done is, we wanted to write a program that was straightforward to the people. We didn't want to give a long dissertation.

turned state's evidence and testified that he had been ordered to kill Rackley by Seale himself who had visited New Haven only hours before the murder. The evidence against Seale was slim as Seale was a last-minute replacement for Eldridge Cleaver and had been in Chicago for only two days of the convention. Newton and the Price of Black Power in America Addison-Wesley 1994.

Robert George "Bobby" Seale (born October 22 1936) is an activist. He is known for co-founding the Black Panther Party with Huey Newton.