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RIP: Bob Lee aka Robert Alwalee, Black Panther Activist & Community Organizer

HeadlineMar 24, 2017

Lifelong community organizer Bob Lee has died of cancer at his home in Houston, Texas. Lee, also known as Robert Alwalee, was born on December 16, 1942. He served as a field secretary in the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. He was also an organizer of the original Rainbow Coalition, an alliance between the Black Panther Party, the Young Lords, the Young Patriots and other groups. Lee appeared in the documentary “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.”

Bob Lee: “There’s police brutality up here. There’s rats and roaches. There’s poverty up here. That’s the first thing that we can unite on. That’s the common thing we have, man.”

That’s Bob Lee in the documentary “The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution.” He died on Tuesday at the age of 74.

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