Editing Bobby Seale (section)

==== Writing ====
Seale and Newton together wrote the doctrines "What We Want Now!", which Seale said were intended to be "the practical, specific things we need and that should exist", and "What We Believe", which outlines the philosophical principles of the Black Panther Party in order to educate the people and disseminate information about the specifics of the party's platform.{{sfn|Seale|1991|page=11}} These writings were part of the party's [[Ten-Point Program (Black Panther Party)|Ten-Point Program]]. Also known as "The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense Ten-Point Platform and Program", this was a set of guidelines to the Black Panther Party's ideals and ways of operation. Seale and Newton named Newton as Minister of Defense and Seale as the Chairman of the party.{{sfn|Seale|1991|page=62}} During his time with the Panthers, Seale was kept under surveillance by the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) as part of its illegal [[COINTELPRO]] program.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archival newsfilm footage of a Bobby Seale press conference on police intimidation, from 1966 |url=http://diva.sfsu.edu/collections/sfbatv/bundles/190422 |publisher=diva.sfsu.edu}}</ref>

In 1968, Seale wrote [[Seize the Time (book)|''Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton'']] (1970).<ref>{{cite book|last=Seale|first=Bobby|url=http://libcom.org/files/STT.pdf|title=Seize The Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party}}</ref>