In part, there were no more pieces to be put back together. Seale renounced the ways of the fromer Black Panthers and slowly faded from the public eye. In 1973, he ran for mayor of Oakland, but came in 2 out of 9. However, he became tired of politics and sought to find peace with the world. So he turned to writing. In 1978, Seale produced the movie "A Lonely Range", an autobioagraphy about his life. And 11 years later in 1987, Seale published a cookbook called "Barbeque'n With Bobby"', stating that "barbeque was part of growing up in segregation." But Seale began to grow tired of this as well and tried to return to helping the community. In 2002, Seale moved back to Oakland to work with young political activists, just as he had once been. He wanted to "spark social change".Because, all along, what Bobby Seale aimed to accomplish was essentially the same. How he went about accomplishing this varied but his goals didn't. He wanted the same thing that so many Blacks wanted for their selves and their kids, political, economic, and social justice. He wanted the power to be black and proud of it. The power to stand as equals, in a world where we were all created in the dark. The power to vote. The power to a fair trial and jury. The power to live among one another and feel safe. The power to work just as hard as the white man and earn the same. The power to walk, and play, and drive in your own neighboorhood and not have to worry about wether or not you would live to make it home. The power to stand with your fist raised in the air and yell "BLACK POWER!" and not ruin your chance at a decent living. The power to feel free and be free.
Settling of the storm
"We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the coorperate money rich and the racist jive politicians and the lackeys, as we used to call them, for the government who perpetuate all this exploitation and racism."