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A Lonely Rage by Bobby Seale. And speaking of bedfellows... Bobby Seale provides graphic detail of both his sexual awakenings and his political awakenings in this autobiography. For those too young to remember, Seale was a co-founder of the Black Panther movement back in the 1960's and a part of the infamous Chicago Seven trial following the Democratic convention riots there. He was defendant #8... and if you were around at the time, I don't think you will have forgotten the sickening sensation of seeing a black man chained and gagged in the courtroom because he asked for his lawyer. I read this when Seale visited our campus and was very moved to meet him and hear him speak. The story of his life is told frankly, plainly and provides a fascinating eyewitness account of perilous times.

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