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01-18-02

Contacts:
Pat Miller, Lectures, (515) 294-9935
Steve Sullivan, News Service, (515) 294-3720


FORMER BLACK PANTHER SEALE TO SPEAK AT IOWA STATE

AMES, Iowa -- Former Black Panther Bobby Seale will speak on "Activism Then and Now" at Iowa State University on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Seale will speak at 8 p.m. in the Sun Room of the Memorial Union. His talk is free and open to the public.

Seale, former director of the Black Panthers, will speak about how civil-rights issues are interconnected with environmental problems and global economics. Seale advocates greater direct community democracy, including cyber-space activism. His books include "Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton" and "A Lonely Rage: The Autobiography of Bobby Seale."



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