Sep 17th 2017

A Tribute to Bobby Lee

@ Hideout Inn

1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60642

Opening Sunday, September 17th, from 4PM - 7PM

A Tribute to Bobby Lee
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Sunday 9/17/17
4-7pm
Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia
Chicago, IL

Admission: Free
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Join us as we celebrate the life of Black Panther and Rainbow Coalition co-founder, Bobby Lee (1942-2017).

Born in Houston, Texas, Lee began his career as an activist and organizer in San Francisco working with children with disabilities as part of the VISTA program, an anti-poverty domestic version of the Peace Corps.

While there, he was radicalized by his cousin Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther party, who eventually promoted Lee to become a field organizer in Chicago.

It was in Chicago that along with Hampton, Lee played a pivotal role in bringing together Puerto Rican radicals in the Young Lords, as well as a group of poor white activists known as the Young Patriots, to form the groundbreaking Rainbow Coalition.
(Source: https://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Bobby-Lee-Co-Founder-of-Original-Rainbow-Coalition-Dies-20170325-0002.html)

We will be celebrating Bobby’s life and legacy with music, a short film, and tributes from his friends and family.

Program
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4-5pm
Drinks and music

5-6:30pm
Welcome: John Preston
Video Tribute to Bobby Lee

Speakers:
Billy Che Brooks
Henry “Poison” Gaddis
James Tracy, reading from his book “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power”
Hy Thurman
Fred Hampton Jr.

6:30-7pm
The Amoreys – Tribute to Bob Lee
More drinks and music

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In Bobby’s honor we are asking for donations to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in his native Houston. You can make a donation online at http://www.hands.org/

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