Birthname: | Richard Reginald Schell |
Birth Date: | 6 July 1941 |
Birth Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Death Place: | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Other Names: | Captain Reggie |
Organization: | Black Panther Party (1969–1970) Black United Liberation Front (1970–1978), Black Power Movement, Black Liberation Movement |
Richard Reginald Schell (July 6, 1941 – May 9, 2012), better known as Captain Reggie Schell, was an American political activist[1] who was a member of the Philadelphia chapter of the Black Panther Party from early 1969 to late 1970. He then founded a Philadelphia grassroots organization called the Black United Liberation Front in which he was the chairman from 1970 to 1978.[2] [3]