 This book, while not an academic text, is a primary source chronicling the history of the BPP through the eyes of one of its founders.While describing one of his first meetings with Huey P. Newton, Seale describes bringing him a copy of "Wretched of the Earth".There are at least three other direct references to the book, all of them mentioning ways in which the book was influential and how it was included in the curriculum required of all new BPP members.