University of Mississippi Newsdesk - MEDIA ADVISORY: Media opportunity set with Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media opportunity set with Black Panther co-founder Bobby Seale

Written by Staff Report
10/14/2009
The University of Mississippi has scheduled a media opportunity with Bobby Seale, co-founder and original chairman of the Black Panther Party, for 10 a.m. Thursday (Oct. 15) in the South Parlor on the Lyceum's ground floor. Seale will be available for question-and-answer for about 30 minutes, and one-on-one interviews will be granted on a first-come, first-served basis until 11 a.m. Seale is to speak at 6 p.m. in the Gertrude C. Ford Ballroom at The Inn at Ole Miss. The event is being hosted by UM's NAACP chapter as a part of its "Know Your History" series. Seale will discuss the history of the Black Panther Party and relate why he thinks Black Panther-style activism was appropriate during the 1960s but unnecessary today. The event is free and open to the public. To sign up for the media opportunity or for more information, contact Mitchell Diggs at 662-915-5639 (print) or Mary Stanton at 662-915-5089 (broadcast).