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Black Panther Party's Survival Programs. The Free Breakfast for Children Program was one among more than 60 community social programs created by the Black Panther Party. [7] They were renamed Survival Programs in 1971. [8] These were operated by party members under the slogan, "Survival pending revolution".
The Black Panther Party (originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a Marxist–Leninist and black power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. [8] [9] [10] The party was active in the United States between 1966 and 1982, with chapters in many major ...
The Panthers' Free Breakfast for Children program filled crucial gaps in the federal program that failed to meet the needs of the Black community, particularly in cities. ...
Assata Olugbala Shakur (born JoAnne Deborah Byron; July 16, 1947), [a] also known as Joanne Chesimard, is an American political activist and convicted murderer who was a member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA). In 1977, she was convicted in the first-degree murder of State Trooper Werner Foerster during a shootout on the New Jersey Turnpike ...
During its peak, the Black Panther Party's Free Breakfast for Children program served full breakfasts (eggs, bacon, grits, toast, milk) to 20,000 kids in 19 cities every school day.
The time spent in San Francisco lead the Dixon brothers to set up the first Black Panther chapter outside of California, in Seattle. While a member of the Black Panthers, Dixon started the Free Breakfast for Children program that fed thousands of hungry African American children; and he helped to open a free community medical and legal clinic.
Mark Clark. Mark Clark (June 28, 1947 – December 4, 1969) was an American activist and member of the Black Panther Party (BPP). He was killed on December 4, 1969, with Fred Hampton, state chairman of the Black Panthers, during a Chicago police predawn raid. In January 1970, a coroner's jury held an inquest and ruled the deaths of Clark and ...
The Ten-Point program was released on May 15, 1967, in the second issue of the party's weekly newspaper, The Black Panther. All succeeding 537 issues contained the program, titled "What We Want Now!." [2] The Ten Point Program comprised two sections: The first, titled "What We Want Now!" described what the Black Panther Party wants from the ...